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How a Laundry Case became a Liquor Cabinet
October 29, 2018

How a Laundry Case became a Liquor Cabinet

Independence Postcard
November 22, 2020November 22, 2020

Independence Postcard

Goynar Baksho: The jewellery box
March 29, 2020March 29, 2020

Goynar Baksho: The jewellery box

May 7, 2017July 3, 2017

Two friends survived Partition and changed the way Indians drank tea and coffee

They were sternly warned not to bring any belongings, but Kapur held in his pocket a receipt proclaiming that a final shipment for his business was still due to arrive from London to Karachi.

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Sri Dasam Grath: Anarkali Bazar, Lahore to Motibagh Gurudwara, Delhi

I asked her what she had found. Through her smile, she whispered, ‘Sri Dasam Granth’ – the sacred scripture containing texts composed by the Tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

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Life inside the Grey Briefcase

Over the years, the briefcase and all that it contains has become a representation of my late grandfather and the man he was. Through the items inside, I have come to learn about his interests and beliefs.

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Letter from Tollygunge

“Respected Father, I want to get admitted to school over here so I need the certificates. Please get them as soon as you can. Without them, I will not get admission in a school here in Kolkata. How are you? I am fine!”

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A lock from the house of the past

I’m told that the lock had originally belonged to my great-grandfather, Malik Devi Dayal ji, who used it to lock one of the doors of their haveli, which I traced to be located at Gali Taali Wali, Hanu ka Chajja in Multan.

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The Museum of Material Memory is a digital repository of material culture of the Indian subcontinent, tracing family history and social ethnography through heirlooms, collectibles and objects of antiquity.

Through storytelling, each post on the Archive reveals not just a history of objects and the people they belong to, but also unfolds generational narratives about the tradition, culture, customs, conventions, habits, language, society, geography and history of the vast and diverse subcontinent.


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