Nov 2, 2012

Men cooking a huge pot of Laddu, a common Indian sweet, over an open fire trench in backyard of the bride's house in preparation for her wedding feast - Bhagur, India 1946



Laddu or Laddoo is a ball-shaped sweet popular in South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh as well as regions with immigrants from South Asia. Laddu is made of flour and sugar with other ingredients that vary by recipe. It is often served at festive or religious occasions
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Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Life, Work and Family of an India Moneylender - Thaal, India 1946

 Closeup of Indian money lender, a member of Bania, a subcaste of Vaisya

 Indian moneylender wife, preparing chapatis (type of bread) at home as her pretty young daughter looks on

  Indian moneylender wife, preparing chapatis (type of bread) at home.

 Indian moneylender counting coins at the end of the day

 Indian moneylender weighing some grain for a female customer at his shop

 Indian moneylender counting coins at the end of the day

 Indian moneylender with his ledger, preparing to receive a payback from his Sikh client, as his young daughter looks on

Indian moneylender receiving a loan payback in coins from his Sikh client, as his young daughter looks on

 Indian moneylender working on his money ledger under the watchful eye of his young daughter

Indian moneylender working on money ledgers

Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Bangleseller fitting bangles on a customer's leg with the help of a crimping tool in his stall at village fair - Thaal India 1946


Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive Hosted by Google

Utpal Dutt and Jaya Bhaduri in the Movie Guddi, Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee - 1971

Satyajit Ray (1921 - 1992) - Writer, Director and Composer

Rabindranath Tagore - 1961 Documentary by Satyajit Ray