My grandmother, now married

Image and Narrative contributed By Manorath Palan, Mumbai My Grandparents Rohini and Thejappa Palan. in  a few days after their wedding in 1941.

Fresh emigrants to Bombay

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 […]