Indian Navy tableau and brass band at Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path, in Delhi
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The Indian Navy's ceremonial tableau proceeds along Kartavya Path during India's annual Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.
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Bioscope in India: now just kiddy entertainment
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Before there was television and the Internet, there was the Bioscope. To bring images of one's favourite movie stars to the neighbourhood - peppered with music from the Talkies themselves. For the uninitiated, a Bioscope is a decorative hand-driven projector that has a low watt bulb attached behind the reel. As the handle turns, the reel moves. The person viewing the reel from a fixed lens gets to watch images moving by, often accompanied with music. You can see full fledged films, or posters of stars stuck together in one long roll to make for entertaining viewing. The Bioscope was like a 'Travelling Cinema Trailer' or 'Cinema Gallery on Wheels' - a perfect object of affection for a cinema loving traveller! Bioscopes are almost a thing of the past. And Bioscope-wallahs far and few. But on
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