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74 – A Partition story from Pakistan
My Father, Syed Ali Mehdi Naqvi, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 1949 Image and Text contributed by Waqar Ul Mulk Naqvi, Punjab Province, Pakistan This is the only image of my Late father Syed Ali Mehdi...
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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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85 – After the formation of India, they travelled to several countries...
My paternal grandparents, Shehr Bano & Syed Ali Naqvi. Province of Bihar. 1947 Image and Text contributed by Zinnia Naqvi, Canada This is an image of my paternal grandparents. My grandfather, or...
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96 – He always said that he lost his hair due to the heat in India
My father Sydney with his colleague at a club in India or Pakistan. Circa 1944 Image and Text contributed by Dave, Bristol, England This is a picture of my father Sydney (Sid) and a colleague having a...
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101- The best lyricist, the Indian Film Industry ever had
Hasrat Jaipuri, Jaikishen, Raj Kapoor, Shankar & my father Shailendra. Bombay. Circa 1955 Image & Text contributed by Amla Shailendra Mazumdar, Dubai. U.A.E This is a photograph of an...
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106 – The Tiger man of Jabalpur
The Tiger Man, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Circa 1930 Image and Text contributed by Deborah Nixon, Australia This image was found in my father Leslie Nixon’s private collection. He was born in Agra in...
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114 – The Last Great Silk Route trader of India
My great grandfather Munshi Aziz Bhat with his two sons, Munshi Habibullah and Munshi Abdul Rehman. Kargil, Ladakh. 1945. Image and Text contributed by Muzammil Hussain Munshi, Kargil, Ladakh This...
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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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147 – A decade after partition, they returned to claim their hidden treasure
My grandparents, uncles and aunts on the day of my parent’s marriage. Jullandhar (now Jalandhar), Punjab. 1958 Image and Text contributed by Amita Bajaj, Mumbai My grandfather Dr. Gurbaksh Singh Nayar,...
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160 – The Purana Qila Incident
Standing in the middle, my grandfather George O’Brien. Delhi. Circa 1947 Image and text contributed by Simon Digby, UK My grandfather, George O’Brien, was born in Meerut in 1900. His grandparents had...
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