The canvas land map. The Patwari is holding the map of land holdings showing the strips of plots that we were buying. It was 21 biswas and we paid rs 3,500 a biswas. (at the time it was calculated to be £17,500 per acre) In 1990 9ie 6 years after us) a Delhi developer paid rs 32 000 per biswas.
Prini Ropa: Corner of the house from the kitchen side. Note the dressed stone and timber – ‘deodar’ bonding. The lower window leads into the store, and the upper window leads into the visitors’ bathroom. (Film slip error: verandah at the bottom of the picture).
