The book covers various aspects of the Native Life during The Raj, and the same are discussed under the sections of The Polity, Coronation Durbar (with maps), Communities, Women, Men, Entertainment, Nautch Girls, Transportation & Communication, Street Views, Shrines, Festivals, and Wars. The Indian Picture Postcards are also studied.
In a Picture Postcard, the title as labelled by the publisher, the format at the back, the postal markings and the sender's message together impart authenticity and also provide more information than otherwise could have been provided by a photograph.
The Picture Postcards have rarely been used for a study, simply because of their unavailability in quantities sufficient to form a study material. Here are about 550 scarce Picture Postcards, almost all of which have been produced between 1898 and 1918. The academic matter herein has almost entirely been referred to from literature prior to 1922.
The author had spent his early life in a small township near Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. He had his medical education from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. After the author moved to Delhi, he gave company to his maternal grandfather, Shri S. S. Ahluwalia in his literally pursuits. His grandfather had published the book "The Sakas in India", "Comprehensive History of Vedic Literature", among many other books.
The author's father too had presented certain papers related to Uranium ore. Thus, the author desired to publish a literary work of his own. The author has worked as a doctor in both the government and private hospitals of Delhi, namely, Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital (Lady Hardinge Hospital), E. S. 1 Hospital Basaidarapur, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, and G. M. Modi Hospital, Saket.
The Picture Postcards have rarely been used to study Indian Culture, History, and Native Life, simply because of their unavailability in quantities sufficient to form a study material.
Picture Postcards are far more superior to photographs in the Study of India. For the details of a photograph, the onlooker surrenders himself to the description given by the owner of the photograph, but in a Picture Postcard, the title as labelled by the publisher, the format at the back, the postal markings and the sender's message together provide for more information than otherwise could have been provided by a photograph. The above parameters make the Picture Postcards authentic as belonging to that era.
Here are about 550 scarce Picture Postcards, almost all of which have been produced between 1898 and 1918. Some of the cards published could even be single pieces in the country.
The academic matter herein has almost entirely been referred to from literature prior to 1922. Since, much has changed over time, it was imperative to refer to the older texts of about the same era as the Picture Postcards.
Owing to lack of space, it was beyond the scope of this book to mention other versions of any matter, if any. I do not endorse the findings in more than a century old literature, referred here, as the final truth and everything is open to further study.
Readers are recommended to study the reference literature mentioned in this book for better details. All the data herein must be verified by the reader by other sources too. I do not accept any legal responsibility for any errors and omissions.
The choice of the Picture Postcards published here has been governed by the availability of the Picture Postcards, the availability of the reference matter in old texts and many other factors. Topographical Picture Postcards depicting the buildings, scenery etc,, though commoner and for which reference matter is more easily available, have been avoided.
My family and friends have never taken interest in the Picture Postcards, hope their opinion changes after seeing this book.
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