Midnight

Among the most interesting of postcards to come out before Partition are the hand tinted real photographs printed in Germany from Nanumal Riayatmal of Sukkur in Sindh. They verge on fantasy, as this edifice could be from around Sukkur which is very much on the Indus, but in the background is a windmill familiar on European prints.

[Verso, handwritten ink] "Sukker – a beautiful little town in the suburb of the small desert of Sindh. It is situated on the bank of Indus river which is by far the longest river of India." The "Sindh" spelling with an "h," and fact that the message has "Sindh" river crossed out and replaced by "Indus" river, suggests the writer was Indian.