Jun 16, 2012

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


Photographer: James Burke
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

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


Photographer: Hansel Mieth
Source: Life archive hosted by Google

Decorated Camel - Ca. 1890's


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Jun 14, 2012

French Documentary on Calcutta by Louis Malle - 1969

When he was cutting Phantom India, Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved its own film. The result, released theatrically, is at times shocking—a chaotic portrait of a city engulfed in social and political turmoil, edging ever closer to oblivion.
















Jun 13, 2012

View of the Burning Ghat in Varanasi (Benares) - 1947


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Portrait of an Untouchable Woman of India - 1946


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