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169 – Hiding out in the forests of Assam-Burma-East Bengal border
My grandfather Suresh Chandra Mukherjee (extreme right) with his brothers. Assam-Burma-East Bengal Border. Circa 1943 Image & Text contributed by Shravani Dang, New Delhi This photograph taken in...
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174 – Founder of the first Waldorf kindergarten in Karnataka
My mother, Lalitha Mandana. Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu. 1958 Image and Narrative contributed by Jyotsna Mandana, Bengaluru This is a photograph of my mother, Lalitha Mandana (née Belliappa) and...
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179 – The accomplished matriarchs of a family
My grandmother, Manorama Rao, Madras (now Chennai). 1939 Image and Text contributed by Rekha Rao, Hyderabad This is a photograph of my paternal grandmother Manorama Rao when she graduated and topped...
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My grandmother’s private past
My great great grandmother Ethel and grandmother Joan. Calcutta. (now Kolkata). Circa 1945 Image and Narrative contributed by Zak Gifford, Qatar/UK This is a picture of my maternal grandmother Joan...
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The bittersweet legend of a family mansion
(Left to Right) My great-great grand-uncle Ata Husain, seated with his younger brother, my great-great grandfather Fida Husain and his five sons. Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, 1900. Image and Narrative...
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A tireless educator of Bhopal
My mother Kaushalya Lakhani, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. 1957 Image and Narrative points contributed by Amrita Motwani, Bhopal, MP IMP Research Intern : Yash R. Gupta, Flame University, Pune Photographed...
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The twin cultural ambassadors of India
My grandfather S. Gurdial Singh (standing right) and his fraternal twin brother S Harminder Singh (standing second from left) with staff from the Consulat général de France (Embassy of France)....
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The identical twins were two of the earliest women photographers of India
My mother Manobina, and aunt Debalina. Calcutta, West Bengal. Circa 1940 Image and Narrative Points contributed by Joy Bimal Roy, Mumbai This is an photograph of my mother Manobina Roy (left) and her...
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The school teachers who went on a twelve-day satyagraha
My mother, K Jagadammal (right) with her peer and friend Jayshree Sawant (left), Bombay, Maharashtra. 1977 Image & Narrative contributed by Nishant Radhakrishnan, Mumbai This is a photograph taken...
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The Kurukh Adivasi family of Argora
My aunt, Kamalawati Tigga, standing left with her siblings, nieces, and neighbours. Argora Village (now in Ranchi, Jharkhand), Formerly in Bihar State. Circa 1965 Image and Narrative points...
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