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Gurgaon Memoirs
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Dadu" with me (1951) Family outing in horse carriage (Tonga) On days when the family went shopping to Gurgaon, it would be in a village horse carriage called Tonga. The Tonga had a seat in the front ... Tuesday, 30 April 2019 -
Lahore in August 1947, as etched on my mind
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... a recently purchased Ferrenti radio-receiving-set and a Singer sewing machine in a horse-drawn tonga. That was all we could carry along with us for our journey across a border that was decided by a former ... Wednesday, 27 March 2019 -
Our Beloved RJZ 2 Hillman Car
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... the Hillman. Finally, the car was sold by its weight and for several years the family possessed no car. We used Tongas, rickshaws or bicycles for our commutes. Or even walk. We miss the car. Even today. ... Saturday, 08 December 2018 -
A Wedding Remembered
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... and I went with them in a hired tonga. The house in Mori Hate had a small courtyard, as did most houses in those days. Surrounding this was a verandah, in which sat a wooden rocking horse! My sister ... Thursday, 06 December 2018 -
Dasara in Mysuru: Then and Now
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... the main Devaraja Market for purchase of flowers, fruits and vegetables and other home requirement. Going by Tonga (Shah Pasand) was a delightful change and a sort of adventure to the children. Read ... Saturday, 17 November 2018 -
Growing up in a Punjabi Town
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... to it in a tonga by my parents. In 1964, my father was transferred to Jabalpur. That ended my first encounter with the martial races. It would be renewed three years later when I returned to college ... Tuesday, 06 March 2018 -
Memories of pre-1947 Kohat and a visit in 2004
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... chhup raho ji shaid kuch ranjida Main bhi tha dhid pucca khara na uska chhora Dora jo wahan se badro thi uske agey Gira wo usme moan sur phatida buda I saw a man riding on Tonga horse cart who ... Monday, 05 March 2018 -
Memories of youthful days in pre-Independence Punjab
Category: Stories/Stories About Women
... tonga. When I was in Third Standard, a sister of uncle Birbal's wife Savitri was kidnapped from home, and converted to Christianity by the School. She became a nun. So we were all taken out from the ... Saturday, 26 August 2017 -
Pre-Partition Punjab Vignettes
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... That would mean a tonga ride to the river at Pind Dadan Khan, then a boat ride in the dark. After that, another ride on a tonga or a bullock cart for a domiciliary delivery. Back home the same way the ... Sunday, 20 August 2017 -
My paternal grandparents and family
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... a Muslim Takia (roadside grave) where a Muslim Pir, Shudhaullah Shah used to sit. Once when we were coming back from school in a tonga, the Pir came out from behind the Takia and showed us chuhiyas; we ... Sunday, 20 August 2017 -
India’s First Independence Day
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... Along the empty road, towards Kalka. There were, of course, no buses, no trains. Not even tongas. A few miles down a passing truck carrying stones kindly gave him a lift. After some miles, he got another ... Friday, 14 July 2017 -
A few visits to the Golden Temple at Amritsar
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... I went to the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib, Darbar Sahib) was when I was about ten years old, I think. My mother had gone to Amritsar for some course, and I went with her. A tonga took us to Darbar ... Sunday, 09 April 2017 -
Movies and Tongas - Take a Ride to the 1950s
Category: Stories/Historical Fiction
... highly unreliable. So we had to ‘arrange' for a Tonga to take us to the cinema hall and drop us back. As soon as lunch got over, Baboo went out in search of a Tonga. He returned after about ten minutes ... Sunday, 11 December 2016 -
Once upon a time: Train journey from Bangalore to Mysore
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... soot, apart from friendly Anglo-Indian engine drivers. When you stood near the door you would see your uncle with his farm-helper waving at you. You would get into a colourful Tonga and a cleaner town ... Friday, 06 May 2016 -
Growing up in Dharwad
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... up in a shirt and shorts, perhaps trying to compensate for the baby boy she looked forward to. I must have been eight when I rode the family car, a Baby Austin. Driving the family tonga, a partially ... Sunday, 17 April 2016 -
Childhood recollections: Deoghar
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... tiffin carrier full of goodies. When we reached Deoghar, we were met at the railway station, and bundled into tongas. Our excitement grew as we drew close to home. The Karanibad ashram gate with the Ayurveda ... Tuesday, 09 February 2016 -
Dadu, our grandfather (1869 – 1953)
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
... There was no electricity, running water or telephones. No noise pollution of moving vehicles, only the occasional sound of a car or a tonga. There were beautiful gardens surrounding the home, large open ... Tuesday, 09 February 2016 -
Pindi Memoirs by a Sikh Son of the Soil - 4
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... in the Big Gate of our house on Nehru Road from which many Victorias and Tongas must have passed earlier as it was the Ajanti (the place where the Victorias, etc. used to be kept, along with horses and ... Saturday, 09 January 2016 -
Walking in the hills and the plains of the Punjab - in the times of the British Raj
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... oblivious to the tonga - the two-wheel carriage pulled by a single horse - the bullock cart, the occasional cyclist, the rare lorry, the dog was as much of a nuisance. Possibly the dogs regarded my father's ... Thursday, 20 August 2015 -
Pindi Memoirs by a Sikh Son of the Soil -3
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... the road led to Katcharian (Courts) and the Central Jail. Like a dream, I remember I went there once with my father in a tonga when we were staying at Nehru Road. My father was Treasurer of Rawalpindi ... Friday, 14 August 2015