Darjeeling

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LIFE IN DARJEELING SERIES - III (IMAGES OF DAILY LIFE FROM DARJEELING - THIRD IN A SERIES OF 5 IMAGES).

In this photograph,you can see three men engaged in diligently reading a morning newspaper at a park in Darjeeling.

Some tidbits about the History of Darjeeling.

The History of Darjeeling covers the history of Darjeeling town and its adjoining hill areas in the Indian state of West Bengal, which is intertwined with the history of Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Bengal and Great Britain, i.e. the East India Company. Originally part of the state of Sikkim, Darjeeling became part of an important buffer state between Nepal and Bhutan. The British, using the area as a sanitarium, found that the climate provided excellent tea-cultivating conditions and soon began to grow tea on the hills of Darjeeling. Darjeeling tea stands as a famous export from Darjeeling until this day.

The area of Darjeeling was inhabited by the Lepchas, Limbus and Bhutias as part of Sikkim from ancient times. In 1642, Phuntsog Namgyal became the first Chogyal ruler of Sikkim. Tensung Namgyal became the next Chogyal of Sikkim in 1670. It was during his rule that Sikkim lost the area of Kalimpong to Bhutan.

The Gorkha army from Nepal invaded Darjeeling in the 1780s, attacked the Sikkimese capital of Rabdentse, and annexed territories up to the Teesta River into Nepal. After the Anglo-Gorkha War, Nepal ceded one-third of it territories to the British as per the Sugauli Treaty in 1815, which included the land area between the rivers Mechi and Teesta. On 10 February 1817, the British reinstated the land area between rivers Mechi and Teesta to the Sikkimese Chogyal as per the Treaty of Titalia.

Disputes between Nepal and Sikkim arose regarding their borders (especially Ontoo Dara) and the then British Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck, sent two officers, Captain George Alymer Lloyd and Mr. J. W. Grant, to help resolve the dispute in February 1829. It was on the journey to Ontoo Dara that the two officers stayed at Darjeeling for 6 days at "the old Goorka station called Dorjeling" and were "much impressed with the possibility of the station as a sanatarium." On 18 June 1829, Lloyd communicated to the government regarding the possibility of Darjeeling serving as a sanatarium, while about the same time Grant also urged the government to possess the tract.

The rapid growth of Darjeeling led to jealousy from the Chogyal of Sikkim. There were also differences between the British Government and Sikkim over the status of people of Sikkim. Because of the increased importance of Darjeeling, many citizens of Sikkim, mostly of the labour class, started to settle in Darjeeling as British subjects. The migration disturbed the feudal lords in Sikkim who resorted to forcibly getting the migrants back to Sikkim.

The relation deteriorated to such an extent that when Dr. Campbell and the eminent explorer Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker were touring in Sikkim in 1849, they were suddenly captured and imprisoned. This detention continued for weeks. An expeditionary force was sent by the Company to Sikkim. However, there was no necessity for bloodshed and after the Company's troops had crossed the Rangeet River into Sikkim, hostilities ceased.

Consequent to this trouble, and further misconduct on the part of the Sikkim authorities a few years later, the mountain tracts now forming the district of Darjeeling became a part of the British Indian Empire, and the remainder of kingdom of Sikkim became a protected state.

The area of Kalimpong along with the Dooars became British property following the defeat of Bhutan in the Anglo-Bhutan war (Treaty of Sinchula – 11 November 1865). Kalimpong was first put under the Deputy Commissioner of Western Duars, but in 1866 it was transferred to the District of Darjeeling giving the district its final shape.

Sonata11, danos, thebest, mohammad_H, adramad, siolaw, jacquest, kato, kordinator, mirosu, krzychu30, Tigerlily, jhm, gildasjan, raszid62, s_lush, ourania, rychem, josepmarin, Miguel82 marcou esta nota como útil

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holmertz (102066) 2012-12-06 5:25

Hello Farhat,
Another fine street shot. The three men are happy to share one paper and they all look very interested. May I guess they're studying the cricket news? A well observed trio nicely framed.
Kind regards,
Gert

Oceania (5202) 2012-12-06 5:53

Hi Farhat,

Thanks for sharing daily life in India. It's interesting see three men sat together reading newspaper.

cornejo (61504) 2012-12-06 11:45

Farhat Hello, very nice picture of this interesting and funny scene of three men reading the same newspaper. A very good image quality. Very good and interesting job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing your interesting work.

Good night and happy weekend.
Best regards and best wishes.
Angel.

pajaran (115025) 2012-12-06 12:51

Pozdrav.
Vrlo interesantan i dobar tekst sa datim podacima, i istorijom ...
Dobar trenutak snimka, kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobra kompozicija, lepo pokazan trenutak sa ljudima koji citaju novine.
Sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greetings.
Very interesting and good text with the given data, and history ...
A good time recording, contrast, beautiful color.
Good composition, nice demonstrative moment with the people who read newspapers.
All the best.
Paja.

lousat (138683) 2012-12-06 15:25

Hi Farhat,a magnificent capture of an indian daily life,they are concentrate on the newspaper and this ws a great opportunity to take a very nice pic,natural and whit a beautiful light,details and colors,i like it!Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

Sonata11 (34119) 2012-12-06 20:20

Hi Farhat,
you captured wonderful scene of daily life. Great executed and great peresented those men who reading something interesting news. Wonderful photo. I like it. Perfectly well done.
Thanks for sharing.
All the best,
Barbara

jemaflor (146382) 2012-12-06 23:55

Hi F,
Well taken thes people reading niewspaper, light is well managed, good colors and contrast, tfs.

danos (110407) 2012-12-07 0:54

Hello Farhat,
nice the daily snapshot with the three men to read totally absorbed the same newspaper sitting on the bench.Usually here in Greece, the same althletic newspapared used to be read from the fans of a soccer team.

Regards,Danos

Nicou (193806) 2012-12-07 1:59

Hlelo

quelle captage et scène superbe image ces trois personnages assis sur le banc superbe vue très intéressant comme ils sont concentrés sur ce journal, génial.
Bravo et amitié

Nciou

ikeharel (112521) 2012-12-07 2:43

Superb faces expression, Farhat.
Much interest of what is written in the paper, squeezed eye-browes and direct look at it.
Nice taken moment,
Ike

thebest (4276) 2012-12-07 2:50

Hello Farhat,

Something of great interest has captured these three mens attention.
Excellent photo & I am certain that they were unaware that you were taking their picture.
Excellent chosen POV & wonderful content.
I would like to wish you & your family '' A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS '' with much love & good health in the New Year.

Kind regards,
Dawn.

dkmurphys (79209) 2012-12-07 5:31

Hi Farhat,
Very fine daily life capture. I like the scene and the natural activity for those three men. Well seen!

Daniel

mohammad_H (10178) 2012-12-07 6:41

Hi
Interesting photo subject, and focus attention on reading the newspaper
You look sharp
Have a nice evening

mkamionka (73500) 2012-12-07 8:32

Hi Farhat,
very funny scene here with the men sharing the newspaper.
The men have great faces full of experience which makes them very interesting for a street portrait,
Very well spotted,
M

adramad (72592) 2012-12-07 10:07

Hello Farhat.
A superb portrait of three men who so carefully read the newspaper, the composition has a great POV, with that background plant, with its shades of green, it is so nice to highlight the three figures.
Very good sharpness, with precise brightness, color natural.
Well done.
Have a nice weekend.
Best regards.
Luis.

zoomer (6) 2012-12-07 16:56

Hello,great study of those three absorbed men.Excellent light and composition.Fine work,Wolf.

siolaw (38294) 2012-12-07 20:22

Hi Farhat
One newspaper and three readers! That means readership is a lot higher than the actual published papers number!
A funny street capture
Best regards!
Laurent

Fis2 (169847) 2012-12-08 1:21

Witaj Farhat!
Interesting serie.
Next curious reportorial shot.
Good frame and colors.
Best regards
Krzysztof

jacquest (19269) 2012-12-08 4:58

Hello Farhat,

Good capture of these men sharing the same newspaper. You caught their expression of concentration very well. The man in the center holds the paper in a classic way. Good daily life image.

Best regards

Jacques

kato (11630) 2012-12-08 6:25

Hello Farhat,

You're capturing well this daily by a good composition and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the spectacle three men are reading newspaper together in the bench. It seems to be the newspaper written in English. It's impressive that they are reading the newspaper so that it may eat out.

Kind regards,
mikio

mesutilgim (0) 2012-12-08 8:45

Hello Farhat,
Nice capture of this "trio" in Darjeeling, fully concentrated in their lecture.
The light reflected from the newspaper to their faces was a perfect source !
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

kordinator (8738) 2012-12-08 13:33

Hello Farhat
Fantastic scene from the street.
Nice atmosphere you captured.
Impressive colors and sharpnes.
Kind regards
Saša

mirosu (16313) 2012-12-08 21:39

Hi Farhat,
You have made a good attempt here, choosing to go in tight on the people. The composition works well, and the focus with shallow DOF draws the attention to the people. The faces are very well-exposed and well separated from slightly blurred BG. Nice image.

krzychu30 (15512) 2012-12-09 0:34

Hello Farhat,
getting acquainted with the latest news?:)Excellently captured daily-life scene.You have very good eye for such photos.Perfect timing and POV to immortalize the scene.Quality is also superb.
Have a nice sunday
Krzysztof

mauro61 (53411) 2012-12-09 1:53

ciao Farhat,
grande armonia fra i tre soggetti che leggono un unico giornale.
Simpatica scena ben ripresa con luce contraria gestita al meglio,
saluti
maurizio

Tigerlily (3381) 2012-12-09 2:51

Hi Farhat,
Excellently captured image,you captured the moment very well, nice colour and light.

jhm (211734) 2012-12-09 3:26

Hello Farhat,

This is real a very nice daily life picture with these three men.
All three different and not see the photographer.
Sharpness and clarity are excellent, together also pleasant colors.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice Sunday,
John.

gildasjan (43826) 2012-12-09 7:05

Bonjour Farhat
Une bonne prise de vue de ces trois hommes dont la lecture de ce journal semble les intéresser fortement.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
gildas

raszid62 (18457) 2012-12-09 7:22

Hello
I wonder what such a dealing account in this newspaper, the three men sitting on a bench in a sunny day with attention to student newspapers. Great portrait of a great quality and color.
Yours
Joseph

गुड आफ़्टरनून. मुझे आश्चर्य है कि क्या इस तरह के एक खाते में इस अखबार निपटने, तीन एक दिन धूप में एक बेंच पर बैठे छात्र समाचार पत्रों के लिए ध्यान के साथ पुरुषों. एक महान गुणवत्ता और रंग की महान चित्र. तुम्हारा.

s_lush (16602) 2012-12-09 7:37

Hello Farhat,
This peaceful daily-life scene represents morning atmosphere of Darjeeling very well. An interesting composition, good moment of capturing, vivid colors, warm light and very high quality of the image!
Best regards,
Sergiy

ourania (51103) 2012-12-09 7:47

Hello Farhat,
a wonderful composition of a very natural, familiar in Greece and amusing daily scene. The three friends are sharing the same morning paper, the one in the middle conveniently holds it up for all three and they are looking at different parts of the page. Framing, lighting and clarity support your fine capture very well. Their concentration is captivating and I keep looking from their faces to the paper and vice versa. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely week,
Ourania

Cricri (176) 2012-12-09 8:02

Hi Farhat
Tout bon le cadrage serré sur ces trois hommes partagent et concentré sur le même journal, une jolie scéne toute naturel et quotidienne bien capturer
Belle soirée
cricri

rychem (72187) 2012-12-09 8:39

Very nice scene, I like the people sharing one paper, very good observational shot
regards
Ryszard

Vague (307) 2012-12-09 8:46

Hello Farhat,
A very good "freeze of the moment" photo! Tha gazes of the three men are so eloquent! Additionally, the good cadre and sharpness in the shot render it very good overall.

Best
Vangelis

milad_abazari (1648) 2012-12-09 10:11

Hi Farhat
Good shot selection and camera angles, they do not feel deeply studying and the photographer. Nicely done. With respect

ifege (47069) 2012-12-11 13:16

Hi Farhat
A good daily life photo of people concentrating on the paper.well composed and well done keeping all htree clear and sharp.
cheers
Ian

clic (76) 2012-12-11 14:52

Hello Farhat
Could be an article on finance or politics because the trio seems quite attentive!
The sun reflexion on paper surface acts as a flash burst that enlights judiciously the three faces for a beautiful portrait!
Cheers.
Robert

Waylim (25436) 2012-12-12 14:51

Hi Farhat,

Another really good shot of the daily life in Darjeeling, it is nice to know people are hunger for information and news, and it is great to see people are sharing the news paper, reading together. Good shot.

Way

josepmarin (59385) 2012-12-15 11:14

Namaste Farhat,
you have done a great series about the daily life in the city. In this photo you offer us an interesting scene full of vitality and of spontaneity, with three men reading the newspaper with many attention.
It is a magnificent work.
Best regards,
Josep

elenimavrandoni (0) 2013-02-01 12:53

Hello Farhat, great highlight and scene of daily life and very informative and interesting note!
Have a great weekend,
Eleni

Miguel82 (47110) 2013-09-09 8:32

Good daily life record Fabbs, these guys are reading the newspaper together on a bench of Darjeeling hill station, they look very concentrated, regards

Photo Information

Copyright: Farhat Abbas (fabbs99) (17179)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Cor
Date Taken: 2012-10-28
Categories: Vida Diária
Camera: Nikon D90, AF-S DX VR Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, Hoya 67mm U/V
Exposição: f/6.3, 1/160 segundos
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Versão da Foto: Versão Original
Date Submitted: 2012-12-06 1:32

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