A photograph taken between 1939 and 1945 at one of the annual receptions given by the press in pre-Indepence India for politicians. The picture shows Rai Bahadur Lala Ramsaran Das (left), Member of the Council of State - India's central upper chamber, Sir Ramaswamy Mudaliar (centre), Commerce member of the Viceroy's Council, and Mr A S Lyengar (right), a leading Indian journalist.