Amusing Diversion of Indian Servant British India, 1907 PC
An old 1907 postcard shows an amusing diversion of an Indian servant in the British India era. The servant certainly tipsy after drinking from his white master’s bottle of whisky. Britons typically lived in quite spacious bungalows with a number of servants to manage the household. The bungalows usually were provided with servant’s quarters at the back. So that they would be available at their beck and call. The British family at most times entertained with dinner or parties for friends or colleagues.
This was to while away the time generally because there were no other suitable entertainments back then. This man perhaps the head servant seems not to have wasted time in grabbing a drink or two from his boss’ bottle. This amusing image of the British India era is not often seen. But on the other hand, it may also have been enacted for the sake of spicing up postcards with humour. Since postcards were the best form of grabbing eyeballs at that time.
See also Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s ‘Instagram’.
Did you know – that the word Bungalow was derived from the Bengali language.
Past posts – 1964 M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal Art Abstract (#16)., Rajaji Road From The Madras Pier, Old Photo 1942., Mumbai Welcoming The King & Queen – Old Print 1905., Old Book – From Lisbon To Calicut 1956.
