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A medical college’s sports committee

The Sports Committee of Grant Medical College, Bombay, Maharashtra. 1935

The Sports Committee of Grant Medical College, Bombay, Maharashtra. 1935 Image and Narrative contributed by Krishna Algotar and Dr M. J. Algotar, Ex.Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, & Ex Vice-Dean, Grant Medical College This photograph is from my collection of the medical college I worked in. The lady sitting in front is 'Mai Ambedkar', Mrs. Savita Ambedkar, wife of Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar. Grant Medical College is one of the oldest medical colleges of India and was started in 1845.

The friends who couldn’t speak each other’s language

The Rao and Hagwane family, neighbours and friends, Pune, Maharashtra. 1962

The Rao and Hagwane families, Pune, Maharashtra. 1962 Image and Narrative Contributed by Pavitra and Usha Rao This picture was taken with my father's friend Mr.Hagwane and his family. They were also neighbours. The most unusual thing was that Mr. Hagwane did not speak a word of English and my father did not know a word of Marathi. They perhaps communicated in broken hindi. Mr Hagwane ran a Jeenus (grocery) shop. And that is how dad got to know him. I was around four years old. Our family is on the right side of the picture, and Mr. Hagwane's on the left with his one daughter and two sons.

My grandmother, now married

My Grandparents Rohini and Thejappa Palan. Bombay, Maharashtra. 1941

My Grandparents Rohini and Thejappa Palan. Bombay, Maharashtra. 1941 Image and Narrative contributed By Manorath Palan, Mumbai My Grandparents Rohini and Thejappa Palan. in a few days after their wedding in 1941. More Images of Rohini here

Matrimonial picture of a school girl

My grandmother, Rohini Thejappa Palan (nee Talwar), Bombay, Maharashtra. Circa 1939

My grandmother, Rohini Thejappa Palan (nee Talwar), Bombay, Maharashtra. Circa 1939 Image and Narrative contributed by Manorath Palan, Mumbai My Grandmother Rohini Palan studied at the Raja Ram Mohan High School at Girgaum. This picture was taken at a studio there. It is probably the same picture as the one I hear my Great-grandfather had shown of his daughter (my grandmother), to prospective grooms and fix her alliance, right after she returned from school. She lived a healthy and active life without any illness or old age related disorder. She passed away peacefully at the age of 88 in 2006.

Fresh emigrants to Bombay

My great-grandfather Tavadappa Talwar with his wife Laxmibai Talwar. Bombay, Maharashtra. Circa 1900's

My great-grandparents Tavadappa Talwar and Laxmibai Talwar. Bombay, Bombay Presidency, (now Maharashtra) Circa 1900 Image and Narrative Contributed by Manorath Palan, Mumbai My great-grand parents Tavadappa Talwar and Laxmibai Talwar migrated to Bombay from Mangalore, Karnataka in the early 1900's. Cultures like the Marathas were unheard of for a native of Mangalore, yet my great-grandparents adopted the native Maharashtrian attire and culture without any compulsion or threat from the locals, as opposed to the present situation in India. This picture was taken weeks into their moving to Bombay, sometime in the early 1900s.

All translations are machine generated, hence they are not 100% accurate.