The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s.   


A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant.




The Grand Trunk Road , built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul .


A group of Dancing or notch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry . 



A rare view of the President’s palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi .



Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910.



A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs



An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658.



The Imperial Airways ‘Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.


 

And last what the sub-continent was as per LORD MACAULAY in his statement of 2nd February 1835 and his evil design:

 

A fire-fighter giving a kitten oxygen 

   

  This baby owl 

   

A turtle the size of a grape 

   

A tiny pygmy hippo eating lettuce 

   

An embarrassed walrus 

   

A cat with a permanent top hat 

   

A baby hedgehog taking a bubble bath 

   

An otter showing you its baby 

    

Stuff from an email:

THE BUZZARD:


If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.


THE BAT:


The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air,cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.


THE BUMBLEBEE:

A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.


PEOPLE:



In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do is look up! That’s the answer, the escape route and the solution to any problem………….

Just look up!




Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, but faith looks up! Eid Mubarak

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly and trust the Creator!

JKP since 1955, has been the location for Pakistani Movies and close to 500 movie duets have been picturised here with famous stars like; Waheed Murad, Zeba, M. Ali, Deeba, Shabnam, Sabiha, Santosh, Kamal, Husna, Nadeem….the list goes on….
During late 50’s – early 60’s, visiting JK Promenade on Saturdays was funJ and standing by the (in picture..left side mini wall and watching Seagulls fly and the kiosks of Sea-Shell Items..was a treat. ******

ON LEFT, NOW, IS “PARK TOWERS” ad behind the infrastructure you see in the centre..
is “Shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi”….   ***

The “SEA BREEZE” Restaurat/Cabana was an amazing place. Spread of acres…right where we now have Mohammad Bin Qasim Park—-
while the best times were spending whole of Sunday at the sandy beach area of SEA BREEZE Restaurant.

Several historians have written about the Kalash and most of them have linked them to descendants of the army of Alexander the Great since many of their rituals, customs and traditions are indicative of the way of life of the ancient Greeks.

Unique life -
The Kalash with their unique culture, traditions, rituals, values, festivals and attire are not be found anywhere else in the world. Kalash are considered ‘infidels’ and their habitations are known as ‘Kafirastan’ — the land of infidels — amongst the local Pakistani community. The Kalash valleyys are located in Chitral in the northern district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.
They lead a centuries-old primitive way of life with a religion which has no name, no written book or prophets andare now concentrated in three valleys which are called ‘Kalash gooni’ among the Kalash and the ‘Kafir Kalash’ (land of infidels) amongst others.

But it is not just the place which fascinates, also the women of Kalash — who legeend says are part-fairy and part-human because of their ethereal beauty. Local people say the Kalash woman can make a man lose his religion. As the story goes, when a Kalash woman drinks water, you can see it streaming down her throat. Yet they are considered impure in their own community; they are also called “whiter than the white”.

The Kalash feel threatened by the outside world as their number are dwindling with every passing day. Many Kalash are accepting Islam and the influence of other cultures. With more members of the community getting educated, people are also reluctant to follow their primitive traditions and rituals.

The tribe does not face any threat from militants but the pressure was more from members who are embracing Islam. “Though, no one forces them to convert, they are under constant pressure from their own converts to quit their way of living,”

There are less than 4,000 Kalash left. 3,554 to be precise when the last count was done in 2009


As members of any community, please help spread this message to inform the world of the hidden yet charming community of people whose existence is doubtful in the coming decades.
Visit & see them in Pakistan before they are gone…..
On a separate note, hurry up before all their beautiful women get married!

Luckily, they belong to one of the few tribal communities in Pakistan where girls are free to choose their life partners without any influence from the male members in the family.