Trip: Jhansi – Babina. January 2011
Since my childhood I had been hearing a lot of stories of my father’s stay in Babina. This is a small town near Jhansi and is a major cantonment with a fair sprinkling of the Armoured Corps. I know this because I had a lot of friends in school who spoke a lot about tanks and black berets all the time.
Babina. Railway station as it is in 2011. just behind me is the small hotel where my father came for meals way back in 1956.
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Babina. The present owner of that small hotel/ dhaba was a small kid then and still remembers my father with a lot of fondness.
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Babina. Having tea and discussing memories!
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Babina. My mother points out to the tree that was there even then... but the cinema is nowhere now! Only an open playground exists.
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Babina. happy to be there at the location listening to my father recount some interesting stories...
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Babina. The original site of our cinema is right behind where my father stands in the picture.
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Babina. One of the barracks where my father stayed in 1956...
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Babina. The house where my father stayed after his marriage! This place is now with 'badmash company' and my father was tickled by this name!
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Babina. Walking inside the boundary of 'badmash cmpany' and going towards the area where the kitchen then was...
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Babina. The kitchen with its standing chulah... how things have changed now...
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8 comments
Meenakshi says:
Apr 30, 2012
I visited AshokNagar and Babina comes after Bina…lovely to visit the badmaash company
Arvind Passey says:
May 2, 2012
Yes, Meenakshi, my father was thrilled to be linked to ‘badmash company’… 🙂
The Fool says:
Apr 30, 2012
You do have an amazing collection of pictures and videos. Gives you an edge in every contest, Mr. Passey.
Arvind Passey says:
May 2, 2012
The edge, ideally, should always be with the written word… and words with pictures do form a rather formidable combo, I presume.
Destination Infinity says:
May 1, 2012
Nice picture post. Wishing you all the best for the contest.
Destination Infinity
Arvind Passey says:
May 2, 2012
Thanks DI… hope the pictures are taken as ‘good content’ too by the judges. 🙂
Corinne Rodrigues says:
May 15, 2012
Loved this. I have been to Jhansi and Babina years ago as both stations came under my Dad when he was Sub-Area commander Allahabad, way back in 1975-78. We’re just back from a nostalgic visit to Wellington, Niligiris and I can so relate to this post, Arvind.
Arvind Passey says:
May 15, 2012
Truth is that I am still writing the post… only the pictures are uploaded yet.
I was planning to enter this and two other posts for a contest on Blogadda but couldn’t as there was no time to complete them. So I decided to wait for the results to be announced and then get to completing these posts.
Will inform you when the posts are finally uploaded.
Btw, I was at the IMA myself (54 reg)…