The hungry eat!

Sunday breakfast: Woman and 5 kids feast on discarded leftovers.

Fwd: John, thanks!

May 8, 2010.

 

Pics taken this morning from the Lat.

All told with the wall separating the Lat from the rest might be a blessing in disguise. I would expect the Lat, long neglected and left to vandals who have actually carried away all the bricks from the surrounding wall, to be repaired. Besides with the attention from the state administration vandals will be kept out.

One pic shows the second floor newly added to Sykes hall.

This is hilarious. I like the Hindi.

 

Dam cheek! I saw that outrageous suggestion - came from one of the "Sharpes" in Perth. Keep-up the good reporting.There have been many other Shepherd reporters who originated in Lucknow [James Shepherd Snr {Time Magazine}hailed from Lal Bagh - he was related to your lot of Shepherds too] Disregard the the balsa wood arrows slung from weak stringed bows. Talk is cheap. बात सुस्ता है - PARTICULARLY THE BAAING OF SHEEP!

Servants strike work

In 1966 we at La Martiniere experienced the first servants strike. The biggest problem was the kitchen and dining hall. But it turned out fine as volunteers from each house came forward, I being one for Cornwallis, and the serving and washing up was handled successfully, perhaps leading to the failure of the strike. A couple of the kitchen staff (cooks) remained loyal. Major and Ma'am Towning later took us all to a circus (Gemini) that happened to be in town at the time. There has subsequently been unrest among this section several times.
The strike that started on Thursday May 6 has several demands, one being pension for retiring servants. Teachers till now are only entitled to it.
Food for the boarders and others was arranged through a caterer, Kazmi (?), an ex-Martinian in the business.
Pic of the servants sitting on 'dharna' near the dhobi ghat (Martinpurwa). The cops were around in sizeable number to prevent them from crowding the gateways where such sit-ins are considered most suitable.

Saturday morning (May 8) I asked a servant about their hartal and he said it had fizzled out. I guess some pressure was brought to bear on a few of them and so the endeavour failed.

A few more days!

May 6, 2010 morning. The iron work is almost complete as the concreting advances from the Jiamau side. If it's any consolation, a gate will be installed on the bund in front of the steps. I wasn't pleased by a comment on the possibility of my pics being 'photoshopped' or morphed or the question being put to someone whether my claims are true.

Dennis Hixon in 1970

What happend to Dennis Hixon?

Nawabi habits die hard. Craig has a haircut at home.

A dusty afternoon