The Elephant Chain

  As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

 He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

“Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

 The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

 Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.

Old Photos- Various Photos -Part 29



Government Garden and Band Stand - Belgaum, Karnataka 1878



Bicycle Picnic in India - c1900

Darjeeling landscape

 

The Pearl Mosque in Agra - c1880's

European men and their servants with Polo Horses Standing outside of a Building - c1890's

Sculptures in the Caves of Elephanta - Near Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra c1880's

 The Club in Rawalpindi (Currently in Pakistan) - c1890's

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos- Part 28

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Vice President of India 1954

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Turns Water Irrigation Wheel - Khanpur 1958

Street Side Food Vendor (The Bhajiya Walla) - c1940's

Vintage Photograph of Taj Mahal in Agra - c1880's

Bengal Village Scene - India c1880's

Amritsar Golden Temple and Sacred Lake - 1951

Gorkha Patrolman Returns after Contact with Japanese near Laya station, Burma During Second World War 1945

British Army Officer standing beside a Horse Carriage with Two Women Driven by an Indian Man - c1870's

Indian Peasants Wash and Dry Jute for Export in the State of Bihar - 1975

 Jawaharlal Nehru (right) toasts United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser (left) and Indonesian President Sukarno (center) in New York, USA 1960

Indians Line Up at Recruiting Office to Enlist in Army for War against Pakistan - 1965

Water Filled Street of Delhi during Monsoon - 1984

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos- Part 27

1920_Calcutta

Darjeeling 1887

Postcard of a Barber in Calcutta

Hunting a Bear

 

 

 

 

 



Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos- Part 26

Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution Bombay (Mumbai) 1890's

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos- Part 25

Raghunath Temple in Jammu - India 1928

Pavilion on the Tharkurji (Vishnu) Temple

Tibetan Monk with Prayer Wheel - Darjeeling, India 1928

Brahmins in the Great Temple at Madurai, Tamil Nadu - India 1928

Entrance to the Meenakshi Sundareshvara Temple (Great Pagoda) - Madurai, Tamil Nadu 1890's

Hall or 1000 pillars with sculptures of riding horses in Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple - Srirangam, Tamil Nadu 1890's