Dancing Girl - Jaipur
One of the less common "nautch girl" or dancing women postcards where the toll of the profession is visible on the sitter's face.
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Madras. Connemara Library.
[Original caption] Connemara Library. A fine group of buildings including the Museum in the centre, the Technical Institute and the Connemara Library. The last named includes a fine reading room, with a collection of works relating to Madras.
A Mad Mulla (Religious Fanatic) with his Followers, N.W. Frontier
Religious groups in opposition to the British found refuge in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan throughout the colonial period
The British fought a nearly continuous series of campaigns against various tribes and groups led by Muslim religious
Sikh Akalis at Amritsar
One of the best in Tuck's Native Life in India series, a cool contrast of blue and marble, showing the guards at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
[Original caption] The Sikh Akalis are one section of the famous "fakirs" or native priests of India.
Not so bad. eh? what !! A bit rough at the end of the month though.
Another humorous postcard depicting the hazards of ordinary class life under the Raj. The pre-written card says: "Not so bad. eh? A bit rough at the end of the month though. Yours -------" Running out of money, being in debt, or fleeing India in
The Indian Postman
One of the finest of Dhurandhar's postcards, which satirizes and draws attention to the novelty of the postcard – that anyone could read it, including and especially the postman.
Hindu Girl of the Period
This was the postcard M.V. Dhurandhar chose to send to E. Greenwood, his teacher at the J.J.
A Fakir
Hobson-Jobson defines fakir as "s. Hind. from Arab. faḳīr ('poor'). Properly an indigent person, but specially 'one poor in the sight of God,' applied to a Mahommedan religious mendicant, and then, loosely and inaccurately, to Hindu devotees and
A Nautch Party
A very early postcard of nautch or dancing women, shown here in a classical post, one hand on hip, the other raised, sometimes called "in attitude," on postcards.
