Mail from the past- letters,postcards and postmarks to Kaladera.

in an old haveli, built before independence , in Kaladera , we found postcards and letters dated in the early fifties, lying half burnt. these postcards tell a story of how "baniyas" or trader caste, from Rajasthan were spread all over India, mostly Calcutta and Assam as early as the fifties , linking small villages with the most happening city of that time, and a land of opportunity the North East, where they spread over small towns opening kirana, stationery and cloth stores. They also were big time provision suppliers to the tea estates. According to locals from Kaladera, the tribals were taken by British from central India to work as labour on tea estates and the Rajasthani "bania" as storekeepers, munshis and other supervisory work.