Some more old photographs of Kashmir from ‘Kashmir in Sunlight & Shade: a Description of the Beauties of the Country, the Life, Habits and Humour of its Inhabitants, and an Account of the Gradual but Steady Rebuilding of a Once Down-trodden People’ by Cecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe (1922).
Pounding Rice: The mortars are block of wood hollowed out: the pestles are heavy pieces of timber which makes this daily round in women’s work very arduous.It is the women’s duty to convey water for domestic use. The constant practice of balancing the pots on their heads gives them an erect and graceful poise.
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