Indians For Guns

Gentlemen:

Recently, I was visiting my brother, and he showed me this picture:



He asked me, "Who do you see in this picture?"

Because of what I have learned here, I was able to immediately reply, "That's Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur!"

Exasperated, he said, "Who's in the picture with her?"

I answered, "Her husband, the Maharaja of Jaipur."

Thank you, gentlemen. By this, you can see that you have been educating me, and that I have profited!

Thank you very much for posting a very interesting picture of a shikar scene.

Regards.

The Queenie wont be too happy about that....The way those two women are standing is priceless!! both look insecure in each others company!!!

Nice one Timmy!

Great Photo and story, Tim!

Thanks! I must admit, after reading that thread started by Navi (http://indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php ... vi#p165037), Gayatri Devi really intrigued me, so I read a little bit about her. She seems to have been a most impressive woman, not only from her Vogue cover looks, but even more because of her accomplishments.

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timmy wrote: Gentlemen:
Recently, I was visiting my brother, and he showed me this picture:
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He asked me, "Who do you see in this picture?"
Because of what I have learned here, I was able to immediately reply, "That's Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur!"
Exasperated, he said, "Who's in the picture with her?"
I answered, "Her husband, the Maharaja of Jaipur."
Thank you, gentlemen. By this, you can see that you have been educating me, and that I have profited!

Timmy,
> Was your omission to identify the lady standing next to Maharani Gayatri Devi & the gentleman on the extreme left a "faux pas" or ..........
> They are Princess Elizabeth the heir apparent to the British Throne & her husband the Duke of Edinburgh
> My heart went out to the poor tiger lying at their feet. The poor fellow must have been chased by drum beating trackers - cornered in his lair - shot from atop the howdah on an elephant - bravo
Briha

brihacharan wrote: > My heart went out to the poor tiger lying at their feet. The poor fellow must have been chased by drum beating trackers - cornered in his lair - shot from atop the howdah on an elephant - bravo
Briha

All the royalty in the picture makes one almost forget the true king lying at their feet.


Makes one think, Isnt it?

The Kid should be told to take is foot off where he has placed it.

A King should always be respected; even a dead King.

brihacharan wrote:
Timmy,
> Was your omission to identify the lady standing next to Maharani Gayatri Devi & the gentleman on the extreme left a "faux pas" or ..........
> They are Princess Elizabeth the heir apparent to the British Throne & her husband the Duke of Edinburgh
Briha

Exactly what I was thinking.
Expect one to identify the Queen of England first.
Timmy you must have been an Indian in one of your previous births.

It sure does.....

M.

Rajat wrote:

brihacharan wrote: > My heart went out to the poor tiger lying at their feet. The poor fellow must have been chased by drum beating trackers - cornered in his lair - shot from atop the howdah on an elephant - bravo
Briha

All the royalty in the picture makes one almost forget the true king lying at their feet.


Makes one think, Isnt it?

But seriously, Maharani Gayatri Devi's list of achievements from an Indian's perspective out-match and out-class those of QE.....

M.

prashantsingh wrote:

brihacharan wrote:
Timmy,
> Was your omission to identify the lady standing next to Maharani Gayatri Devi & the gentleman on the extreme left a "faux pas" or ..........
> They are Princess Elizabeth the heir apparent to the British Throne & her husband the Duke of Edinburgh
Briha

Exactly what I was thinking.
Expect one to identify the Queen of England first.
Timmy you must have been an Indian in one of your previous births.

Nice collection..

We are very proud of her , as she is bengali , the princess of our Coachbehar..

Timmy is just pointing out that he was able to identify people other than the queen and her husband .

As for feeling sorry for the tiger,I am sure had not the hunters killed all those tigers we would have seen them walking on the streets along with all the stray dogs,cows.....Why on the streets? Because there are no forests in India that can even support the number of tigers we had in 1947.

It is the fellow with the axe,the fellow in the Gandhi topi,the 'poor refugee from Tibet' and his occupier who have done more to bring the tiger to it's present state than the fellow with a rifle.

winnie_the_pooh wrote: It is the fellow with the axe,the fellow in the Gandhi topi,the 'poor refugee from Tibet' and his occupier who have done more to bring the tiger to it's present state than the fellow with a rifle.

For a change I agree with you completely Winnie

I just noticed. The Gentleman on the extreme left is Prince Phillip for sure. It appears that this is circa 1961.

I found an interesting old newspaper article regarding this.