INDIATHE PAST AND THE

MAKING OF THE PRESENT

NEH Summer Institute 2013

Getting AroundThe Metro - for the “efficient” traveler

Metro – clean and efficient

Even a “Ladies Only” Car

For the “Adrenaline Junkie” traveler-Knock at death’s door in the auto-rickshaw

Forget the meter!!

For the “Traditional” traveler- the bicycle rickshaw

For the “adventurist”

Peddle to mobile store

Wander the narrow streets

For “individualists” travelers

And for those non-conformists who want to avoid streets altogether . . .

Monsoon Season - flooding

“MAHATMA” GANDHI

Gandhi – Salt MarchNon- violent Civil Disobedience

Commemorative statue - Delhi

Memorial to Gandhi’s Memory

Tushar Ghandhi -great-grandson

The Eternal Flame

Quotes at Memorial

Tushar Gandhi – Great-grandsonLectures at Birla House where Gandhi stayed last few months of his life

Taj Mahal (17th c)at dawn in the rain

Details

Twin Mosques each side

View of Entry Gate from Taj

View from the formal gardens

Taj Mahal

Perimeter Walk

View of Yamuna River from rear

Shah Jahan, the builder

View of Taj across Yamuna River from his prison Room

The holy Hindu city of Varanasi (formerly called Benares)

“Benares is older than history, Older than tradition, Older even than legend.And it looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Mark Twain

Sharing the street

Varanasi’s narrow streets

“Putting Ganges River to Sleep”Daily ritual by Hindu Brahmin Priests at Varanasi

Hindu shrines everywhere in city

Getting things done in Delhi

Haggling in street markets

Another sole saved !

Indian Tea

Streets in Old Delhi section

Electric wires!!! School kids in street

Street Scenes

Crowded street Old Delhi School’s out – ties are off!

Back in School• David Campion

lectures on the British Rule

• Literature Discussion

Thank you, NEH !!!

For information on future seminars and institutes go to:

http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/summer-seminars-and-institutes