india,1956

LIVING IN VILLAGES IN INDIA,1956

Photos of Lester R. Brown

All aboard the Queen Frederica from New York to Bombay, 1956

The International Farm Youth exchangees on the ship to Nepal, Pakistan, and India, 1956.

A brief stop in Egypt.

Ward Armstrong and Lester ready to give a demonstration of American collegiate wrestling.

India’s wrestling finalists for the 1956 Olympic Games, plus Lester and Ward (back right)

Lester’s first local wrestling challenger, Mongol.

Milking time for the water buffalo.

Marathi lesson from Lester’s “sisters.”

Indian cooking lesson

Demonstrating the new village tractor – with a cup of tea!

How to butcher a wild hog

Lester’s industriousness in digging this irrigation canal paid off when a villager offered his daughter in marriage, along with two rice paddies.

Playing a game of kho

Walking with his “sister.”

When living with Rajah of Mankapur, the transport choices were the Buick or the elephant.

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