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

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 […]

The father, son and their gun

Image and Narrative contributed by Rizvi Amir Abbas Syed. This picture was taken in the 1960s at “Friends Studio” in sector 5 market, Rourkela. My father (left) worked for Hindustan Steel Limited which later became SAIL, Steel Authority of India Limited. My grand Father (right) was an Officer in Excise department when Bihar, Bengal & […]