An honourable way of living

This photograph of my grandmother Seethamma with my father and my elder half-brothers, H.N. Ramakrishna (left) and H.N Srinivas Anand (right) and was taken around the same time. In this photograph my father is holding an image of his Guru, Bhagawan Anandagiri (Tanjore Swamigal).

Grandfather of the pictures

This photograph was one of many on a similar wall, and I had seen it all my life growing up. Albeit for some odd reason, what should have been so obvious in this photograph, was a blind spot to me; and it took a school friend to gasp and point out that, “that is a German Swastika!” in the background.