India,1956
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In his inspirational new memoir, Breaking New Ground, Lester Brown traces life from a small farm to leadership as a global environmental analyst. Here are some pictures from his trip to India in 1956.
India,1956
- 1. LIVING IN VILLAGES IN INDIA,1956 Photos of Lester R. Brown
- 2. All aboard the Queen Frederica from New York to Bombay, 1956
- 3. The International Farm Youth exchangees on the ship to Nepal, Pakistan, and India, 1956.
- 4. A brief stop in Egypt.
- 5. Ward Armstrong and Lester ready to give a demonstration of American collegiate wrestling.
- 6. Indias wrestling finalists for the 1956 Olympic Games, plus Lester and Ward (back right)
- 7. Lesters first local wrestling challenger, Mongol.
- 8. Milking time for the water buffalo.
- 9. Marathi lesson from Lesters sisters.
- 12. Demonstrating the new village tractor with a cup of tea!
- 13. How to butcher a wild hog
- 15. Lesters industriousness in digging this irrigation canal paid off when a villager offered his daughter in marriage, along with two rice paddies.
- 16. Playing a game of kho
- 17. Walking with his s庄壊岳艶姻.
- 18. When living with Rajah of Mankapur, the transport choices were the Buick or the elephant.
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