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In pursuit of a prayer
April 4, 2021April 4, 2021

In pursuit of a prayer

Who needs a Meat Shelf anymore?
October 22, 2018October 22, 2018

Who needs a Meat Shelf anymore?

The spared pair of payal
May 11, 2017May 26, 2018

The spared pair of payal

May 11, 2017May 26, 2018

The spared pair of payal

Although she had never worn them till recently, due to self-imposed inhibition, when she did finally put them on- gingerly and hesitantly- they looked beautiful on her feet!

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Six yards of elegance

I’m going back in time to experience and be consumed by the events that don’t belong to me, but to my ancestors- all because of six yards of fabric.

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Nasreen and ‘Toto’ and the promise of friendship

A few years later in 1985, I also got married and we both got busy with our respective lives, eventually losing touch. Its been 35 years today since we last spoke to each other.

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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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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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