Old Photos-Various Photos-Part5

 

Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal - India 1928




Gateway of Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - India 1928


  

Muktesvara deula (Temple) in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa - India 1928


 

Lamas at Ghum Monestary Near Darjeeling, Bengal - India 1928




Banihal Pass Across the Pir Panjal Range above Kashmir Valley - India 1928




Ruined Palace in Bijapur, Karnataka - India 1928




Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu - India 1928




Tomb of Ibrahim II in Bijapur, Karnataka - India 1928




Inside the Mosque at the Ibrahim Rauza, Bijapur, Karnataka - India 1928


 

Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu - India 1928



 



Golkonda Fort Near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - India 1928




Bell Tower in Thanjavur (Tanjore) Maratha palace, Tamil Nadu - India 1928




Students in Temple School in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu - India 1928




Seaside Temple in Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram), Tamil Nadu - India 1928




Skyline View of Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu - India 1928



Old Photos- Various Phots -Part 4

Antique Vintage Photos of Indian Women

Post Card of a Bullock Cart

Group of Native Men, Women and Children - Date Unknown

Native Indian Women (Probably Tribal) with their Children



Water Carriers are Filling Up their Bags - India ca.1880's



Group of Acrobats with Swords - ca. 1880's



Young Boys Pose in Front of Bombay's (Mumbai) Victoria Terminus Railway Station - ca.1910



Aerial View of the Republic Day Parade in Delhi Taken from the Top of India Gate in 1951

Old Photos- Various Photos-Part3

Aftermath of Cyclone in Kolkata (Calcutta) - 1860's

Man With Abnormal Growth in Leg - 1890's

Anti-China Rally (Communist China Hands Off Tibet) - 1958

Street Traders - India c1950

Group Photograph of a Parsi Family

 

European Man with a Horse - 1882

The Old Wallet

 A ticket collector in a train found an old worn out wallet in a compartment full of many people. He looked inside to find the name of its owner. There was no clue. All that there was in it, was some money and a picture of God. He held it up and asked, 'Who does this wallet belong to?'

  An old man said, 'That's my wallet, please give it to me.'

The ticket collector said, 'You'll have to prove that it is yours. Only then I can hand it over to you.'

The old man smiled a toothless smile and said. 'It has a picture of a God in it.'

The ticket collector said, 'That is no proof; anyone can have a picture of a God in his wallet. What is special about that? Why is your picture not there in it?'

  The old man took a deep breath and said, "Let me tell you why my picture is not there in it. My father gave this wallet to me when I was in school. I used to get a small sum as pocket money then. I had kept a picture of my parents in it. When I was a teenager I was greatly enamoured by my good looks. I removed my parent's picture and put in, one of my own. I loved to see my own face and my thick black hair. Some years later, I got married.My wife was very beautiful and I loved her a lot. I replaced my own picture in this wallet with a picture of her. I spent hours gazing at her pretty face.

 When my first child was born, my life started a new chapter. I shortened my working hours, to play with my baby. I went late to work and returned home early too. Obviously, my baby's picture occupied the prized position in my wallet."

 

  The old man's eyes brimmed with tears as he went on.''My parents passed away many years ago. Last year my wife too left her mortal coil. My son, my only son is too busy with his family. He has no time to look after me. All that I had ever held close to my heart is far, far away from my reach now.

  Now I have put this picture of  God in my wallet. It is only now that I have realized that He is the eternal companion. He will never leave me. Alas! If only I had realized this before. If only I had loved the Lord  all these years, with the same intensity as I loved my family, I would not have been so lonely today!''

  The collector quietly gave the wallet to the old man. When the train stopped at the next station, the ticket collector went to the book stall at the platform and asked the salesman, 'Please give me a small picture of God ? I need one to put in my wallet!'

Old Photos- Various Photos - Part 2

Portrait of K. M. Pannikar - 1946

PriNizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan - Hyderabad 1946ncess Durru Shehvar, Wife of Azam Jah eldest son of the seventh and last

Communist party Leader Gadivari giving a Red salute as she speaks before a crowd of Indian aborigines villagers of the Untouchables caste, while standing under a banyon tree - Zari India 1946

Portrait of Nagendrenath Mukhopadyay, a Brahmin Hindu member of Congress Party - May 1946

Sarojini Naidu (R), Congress Party Leader with her House Guests the Maharani of Nabha & her Daughter Kabuala Devi - May 1946

Indian Communist Party leader S. V. Perulekar speaking to a crowd of aborigines villagers of the Untouchables caste, while standing under a banyon tree - Zari India 1946

Old Photos- Various Photos



Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Gives Final Touches to the 1983-84 Union Budget - 1983




Barakar River Fishermen at the Maithon Dam and Power Station - Jharkhand, June 1952




Renu Roy from Calcutta (Kolkata), India Attending an International Youth Conference at Swarthmore College, USA - 1938




Tilaiya Dam Construction, Jharkhand - June 1952

   

Indira Gandhi Watches Wheat Harvest in Rear Garden of Prime Minister's residence - April 1952





Tungabhadra Dams Being Constructed - June 1952

  

Indian Farmers Harvest Wheat in Uttar Pradesh - April 1952

 

Indian Planning Commission Meeting (Jawaharlal Nehru in Center) - New Delhi, India June 1952


 

Bokaro Thermal Station and Dam Construction - June 1952