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Meena

Stories

Stories worth remembering

The history of a community is also the history of households: who moved, who stayed, who built something, who was photographed once and never again.

Family history

Four generations, one courtyard

A placeholder family history assembled from photographs, letters and recollection across four generations.

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Migration

From the Aravallis to the city

A placeholder account of migration for work, and what was carried and left behind.

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Community institution

The school built by subscription

A placeholder local history of an institution founded through collective community effort.

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Oral history

A grandmother's songs, recorded at last

A placeholder oral history recording, transcribed and annotated with contextual notes.

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Every family holds a piece of the record

A photograph with a name written on the back. A migration remembered in a single sentence. A school founded by subscription. These are historical sources.