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80 – With props and accessories, she indulged her fantasies at a photo studio
My mother, Mohini Goklani. Pune, Maharashtra. Circa 1950 Image and Text contributed by Sunita Kripalani, Goa In 1947, after partition, when my grandfather Nanikram Goklani and his wife Khemi migrated...
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86 – His advise helped manifest one of India’s most famous songs
My grand-aunt Shukla, R.D Burman and my grand-uncle Nirmal Kumar Dasgupta, on Burman’s home Terrace. Bombay, Maharashtra. March, 1975 Image and Text contributed by Anupam Mukerji, Bangalore This...
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92 – A love story borne out of love for cinema
My father, Jagdish and mother, Usha at their wedding. Old Delhi. December 12, 1954. Image and Text contributed by Renu Shukla, Jaipur This picture is of mom Usha Sharma and my Dad Jagdishwar Nath...
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99 – Uncannily bonded to a famous grandfather I never knew
(Left to Right) My grandfather Salil Chowdhury with my aunt Tulika, his sister Lily with my eldest aunt Aloka, and my grandmother Jyoti Chowdhury with my mother, Lipika. Bombay, Maharashta. Circa 1959...
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124 – The Airforce Wives of Gorakhpur
Mrs. Krishna (my mother) with her friends, Mrs Puri and Mrs Roy. Gorakhpur. Uttar Pradesh. Circa 1968. Image and Text contributed by Kavita Krishna, USA. My Amma’s (Mrs. Krishna) life has been what can...
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127- Qutub Minar, the place where many loves met
My husband Rabinder Nath Khanna and I at the Qutub Minar. Delhi. 1954 Image and Text contributed by Deesh Khanna, Gurgaon I remember when I would visit Delhi from Simla, the Qutub Minar was the place...
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137 – The only valuable he saved while fleeing to India in 1947
My father, Anand Prakash Bakshi as a child with his parents. Rawalpindi. (now Pakistan). Circa 1935 Image and Text contributed by Rakesh Anand Bakshi, Mumbai On October 2, 1947, during partition, my...
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145 –“The most amusing thing about the movie was that we had no script”
Amitabh and I. On the sets of ‘Insaniyat’. Bombay, Maharashtra. 1990 Image and Text contributed by Tony Juneja, Mumbai My name is Ramanjit Singh Juneja, however family and friends affectionately call...
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148 – Picnic at Juhu Beach
Our family and friends at the Juhu Beach. Bombay. 1941 Image & Text contributed by Rumi Taraporevala/ Sooni Taraporevala This photograph of our family was taken by my youngest kaka (uncle) Shapoor...
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151 –“He was and still is, by all means, my hero”
My parents, Tarun Coomar & Indira Bhaduri. Bhopal, Central Province (now Madhya Pradesh). Circa 1940 Image and Text contributed by Jaya Bachchan, Mumbai This photograph of my parents Taroon Coomar...
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156 – The force behind my grandfather’s success
My grandparents, Bani and Radhu Karmakar. Bombay. Maharashtra. December 1979 Image & Text contributed by Anuradha Karmakar, Mumbai My Dida (grandmother in Bengali) Bani Karmakar (née Roy) was born...
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165 – My mother’s journey from India to England
My mother Dr. Rehana Bashir (middle with sunglasses) at the Bombay Airport with her friends and family. Bombay, Maharashtra. March 31, 1957 Image and Text contributed by Sohail Akbar, New Delhi This...
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177 – My father, the first antiquarian of Calcutta
My father Nirmal Chandra Kumar. Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India. Circa 1950 Image and text contributed by Professor. Aloke Kumar, University of Calcutta/ IIM/ ISRO My father, Nirmal Chandra...
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187 – My grandmother, the landowner
My paternal grandmother, Damyanti Thakur. Nitther, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh. Circa 1978 Image and narrative points contributed by Mehak Thakur, Mumbai This photograph is of my grandmother...
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188 – The identical twins were two of the earliest women photographers of India
My mother Manobina and aunt Debalina. Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal. Circa 1940 Image and Narrative points contributed by Joy Bimal Roy, Mumbai This is an photograph of my mother Manobina Roy...
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My Amma’s kaleidoscopic life
My grandparents, Om Prakash and Ramkali Gupta. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Circa 1975 Image and Text contributed by : Yash R. Gupta, Bhopal, India IMP Research Intern : Yash R. Gupta, Flame University,...
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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 keen photographer of Mahatma Gandhi
My maternal grandfather Dady Rustom Dossabhoy Wadia. Paris, France. Circa 1925 Image and Narrative points contributed by Ashok Captain and Leila Wadia Captain, Pune, India This is a photograph of my...
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The telephone operators of Assam
My father Nomal Mech (seated bottom right) with his friends. Shillong, Meghalaya. 1980 IMP Research Intern : Vaskar Mech, Tezpur, Assam Image and Narrative Contributed by Vaskar Mech & Nomal Mech,...
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The Da Vinci of Assam
My father, Bishnu Prasad Rabha (seated bottom right) with members of his family. Dacca, East Bengal (now Dhaka, Bangladesh). Circa 1915 Image and narrative points contributed by Hemraj Rava, Tezpur,...
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