{"id":315,"date":"2013-11-14T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T19:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=315"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:48:07","slug":"pomp-and-tradition-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/pomp-and-tradition-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pomp and Tradition&#8221; in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_241\" style=\"width: 3776px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/11\/Bossi-Invitation-1967.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\" wp-image-241 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/11\/Bossi-Invitation-1967.jpg\" alt=\"Bossi Invitation 1967\" width=\"3766\" height=\"2542\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Bossi, Invitation, 1967<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not every day that you\u2019re invited to a party at the local palace.\u00a0 As a Peace Corps Volunteer working with the Andhra Pradesh Science Workshop in Hyderabad, Steve Bossi received an invitation to attend a celebration at the new Nizam\u2019s home.\u00a0 The celebration took place the evening of April 6, 1967 at the Chow Mahala Palace following the formal instillation of Mir Barkat Ali Khan as the Nizam.\u00a0 This example demonstrates the unique opportunities presented to Peace Corps volunteer while living abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter home, written the following day, Bossi detailed the evening\u2019s events and reflected on the significance of the experience.\u00a0 Bossi wrote, \u201cThey really turned out to be very gracious and very approachable\u2014both Ray and I shook his hand and spoke to him (Ray got a picture of me with him\u2014Hope it comes out.)\u201d\u00a0 Bossi\u2019s photo with the Nizam did in fact turn out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_243\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/11\/Bossi-Nizam-1967.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\" wp-image-243 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/11\/Bossi-Nizam-1967.jpg\" alt=\"Bossi Nizam 1967\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1615\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Bossi (right) meets the Nizam. Caption on image reverse: \u201cMeeting the Nizam of Hyderabad\u2014grandson of the former Nizam\u2014April, 1967\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He continued, \u201cBut the most exciting part was just seeing first hand the kind of pomp and tradition which surrounds even the modern shadow of a court with the kind of history this one has.\u201d\u00a0 Not only did the Peace Corps offer volunteers a chance to travel to a foreign country and provide service, but also gave individuals an opportunity to learn about the country\u2019s government and history personally.\u00a0 This event reflects the once-in-a-lifetime opportunities presented to Peace Corps volunteers during their service.\u00a0 Peace Corps was not only about working hard.\u00a0 It provided volunteers with diverse occasions to experience and enjoy the local culture.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not every day that you\u2019re invited to a party at the local palace.\u00a0 As a Peace Corps Volunteer working with the Andhra Pradesh Science Workshop in Hyderabad, Steve Bossi received an invitation to attend a celebration at the new Nizam\u2019s home.\u00a0 The celebration took place the evening of April 6, 1967 at the Chow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,524,51,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","category-blog-post","category-india","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6740,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/6740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}