Ella Maillart

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30 August 2026 02:21

"Here in India I have started on a new journey which, I know, will take me further than before towards the perfect life I was instinctively seeking." Cruises and Caravans, 1942

Ella Maillart

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09 August 2026 21:53

The Soviet Union refused to let La Croisière Jaune pass through Russian Turkestan. China likewise was suspicious that the expedition was but a convenient cover for a French (and British) military mapping mission in remote zones of high strategic interest. #Photography #EllaMaillart #Russia #China

Dev Gogoi

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01 June 2026 19:17

At the iconic #Broadlands in #Triplicane, #Chennai, #India.

Dev Gogoi

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01 June 2026 19:15

Thronged with pilgrims, the #KasarDevi Temple remains a refreshingly natural, family friendly space, where the underlying silence and peace needs no externally imposed enforcement, and all are equally welcomed. #Almora #Kumaon #Uttarakhand

Ella Maillart

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26 May 2026 05:52

Photo by Ella Maillart's companion, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, of her Ford car in a street in Bombay, India alongside wooden carts in January 1940. The car bears a "CH" sticker, indicating its Swiss registration. www.cenl.org/the-estates-...