Mr. V. G. Patel
The elder brother of Sardar Patel and also a formidable politician, he was often at odds with Gandhi and founded the Swaraj Party.
Man
Rabindranath Tagore
A curiously hand-tinted sepia real photo postcard of the great Bengali writer and multi-faceted artist (1861-1941), with pink expertly applied on the inside garment peeking out from below.
Gandhi Garden Karachi
A beautiful real photo postcard given the dark curtain between the trees. After 1947 it was renamed Karachi Zoological and Botanical Gardens; it had been called Gandhi Gardens in honor of a visit by Mahatma Gandhi in 1934.
Srinagar Mohammadan at Prayer
A nicely-framed postcard with the jali [or jaali, a stone carved lattice screen] dominating the image.
A Knife Grinder
Knife grinders are a vanishing craft. Doing this at home before electric knife sharpeners was difficult. Knife grinders would take their sharpening wheels from door to door and take care of the problem.
An earlier postcard view, before divided backs
Knife Grinder
One can see the rapid transformation of the postcard from a time when messages where only allowed on the front, as in this card.
Kazi, Mahomedan Preacher
A lithographic portrait, which by this time had become a lesser used printing process for postcards.
Kathiawar Hindu
A beautifully colored lithographic postcard, with two stamps carefully positioned on the front and postmarked 26th November 1919.
Dog Keeper
One of the many – to Indians, curious – new professions that sprouted in the growing city of Bombay at the turn of the century.
Sinkaleesch [Singhalese]
![Sinkaleesch [Singhalese]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/singhalese-portrait_0.jpg?itok=5T0BUfz4 "Sinkaleesch [Singhalese]")
There are very few Dutch postcards, let alone early ones, of India, but this is a splendid exception.
