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family history

  • Reading letters to my parents from TB Cunha, the ‘Father of Goan nationalism’

    Jun 18, 2025 · 07:30 am
  • A personal history of the elegant, intricate gharara – and how to make one in a pandemic

    Sep 22, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • Identity, documents, a ‘home over there’: My father’s journey as a Partition refugee

    Mar 26, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • Family history in a wine bottle: From Vietnam to Argentina via Pondicherry and Paris

    Nov 06, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • From pamphlets to publishing: Remembering the remarkable career of Samuel ‘Sammy’ Israel

    Oct 15, 2022 · 12:30 pm
  • Was the British empire a benign, progressive force? My family story proves otherwise

    Oct 09, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • Personal history: My grandfather and the humble backstory of a Jeanneret chair from Chandigarh

    Mar 20, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • In Gandhi’s footsteps: How my grandfather’s association with the Mahatma influenced my life

    Mar 13, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • How Kolkata brought together branches of William Shakespeare and William Thackeray’s families

    Oct 30, 2021 · 07:30 pm
  • Why British people are looking for ancestors in India decades after the Raj ended

    Jan 31, 2015 · 12:35 am