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My mother Anupa Nathaniel (right) with her closest friend Shalini Gupta, Delhi, Circa 1962 Image and Text contributed by Anisha Jacob Sachdev, New Delhi. This picture with my mother Anupa Jacob (nee...
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My grandmother Vatsala Joshi (extreme right) with her grandmother, parents and siblings. Pune, Maharashtra.Circa 1937 Image and text contributed by Yashoda Joshi. My Grandmother Vatsala Bhimsen Joshi...
View Article112 – My foster father, my glorious friend, Rathindra Nath Tagore
My foster father Rathindra Nath Tagore, with his father Rabindra Nath Tagore. Calcutta. (West Bengal) Circa 1935. Image & Text contributed by Jayabrato Chatterjee, Kolkata My earliest memories were...
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Gopal Sharman & I, Jalabala Vaidya. Rome, Italy. 1967 Image courtesy Akshara Theatre Archive. Text by Jalabala Vaidya, New Delhi I was born in London (UK) in 1936. My English-Italian mother,...
View Article179 – 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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