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Sweet Imprints
March 21, 2021March 21, 2021

Sweet Imprints

The mukut from my grandfather’s sehra
September 6, 2020September 6, 2020

The mukut from my grandfather’s sehra

Heirloom of silk and silver
March 26, 2018March 26, 2018

Heirloom of silk and silver

April 30, 2017August 13, 2021

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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