Stories of the Partition of India, based on the largest South-Asian oral history survey ever, now compiled in a book

[ad_1] An oral history recording in progress | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The story of Amarjit Kour Itten is bookended by two photographs. In the first, she is a young woman in a Parsi gara sari wearing a filigree gold necklace and jhumkas, staring calmly into the future. The second is a studio portrait in […]

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Stories of the Partition of India, based on the largest South-Asian oral history survey ever, now compiled in a book

[ad_1] An oral history recording in progress | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The story of Amarjit Kour Itten is bookended by two photographs. In the first, she is a young woman in a Parsi gara sari wearing a filigree gold necklace and jhumkas, staring calmly into the future. The second is a studio portrait in […]

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Artefacts damaged during World War II are the subjects of this Chennai photo exhibition

[ad_1] A photo exhibition in Chennai’s Russian House captures the restoration process of priceless artefacts damaged during the Second World War A photo exhibition in Chennai’s Russian House captures the restoration process of priceless artefacts damaged during the Second World War When Renaissance sculptor Donatello’s legendary work, St John the Baptist, arrived at the Pushkin […]

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