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Toddy Tapper

A toddy tapper in Tamil Nadu, 1785. Source.

The Maharajah

The Maharajah is the longtime mascot of Air India. See more of him here.

Merle Oberon

Merla Oberon, who played Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939), was born in Mumbai to a British father and a Sri Lankan mother. Over her career a lot of effort was put into whitewashing her ancestry, but in this portrait photograph she confronts you as a South Asian movie star. Source.

The Elephant Hunt of Anup Singh

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Adrenaline and Butter

Indian butter producer Amul cheerfully breaks copyright to reference the newest Asterix character, Adrenaline, in one of its ads. Source.

Lions of India

India's 500-or-so remaining wild lions live in Gir Forest National Park in Gujarat. Source.

Sardar Patel

The statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat is 182 metres tall, not counting the base. The Statue of Liberty would just about come up to his knee.   Source.

Mica Elephant

19th-century Indian painters used sheets of mica for canvasses to make durable and portable images. Source.

Hockey in Ladakh

Read an article about hockey in Leh, in the Indian Himalayas.

Mars from Mangalyaan

A picture of Mars' north pole taken from the Mangalyaan orbiter. India launched the Mars probe in 2013, and it entered Mars orbit in September 2014. India was the first Asian country to send a spacecraft to Mars, and the first country anywhere to do it right on the first attempt. Source.