I couldn’t visit Taaj Baudi when I was in Bijapur. I had seen glimpses of it in my grandfather’s collection. I hope post restoration, it gets back its old charm. Here is a click from his restored scanned collection. It is a reservoir and stepwell … Continue reading Taaj Bawdi
Rumi had said something on the lines that when you start walking, the path appears. But often, one path leads to another. We are exploring ways to get archives and entire collections digitised. After my talk at Shrishti School of Design last year, someone had … Continue reading Archives Digitisation Update
Mysore palace illumination clicked by Late Narayan Rao Kulkarni – my Nana. We found this print in the collection. Wonder how he got the parameters right in that era to get such a clear image? My mother had apparently performed solo here during the ten … Continue reading Mysore Palace Illumination
Marshall Major General Cariappa and Nana Here is another photograph scanned from one of many of the archival negatives . This is a rare photo of my Nana and his family with Field Marshall Major General Cariappa (the first Army commander in chief of the … Continue reading With Marshall Major General Cariappa
Among Nana’s collection, a few of which we digitized, we came across this fascinating click of a tree, car and an institution in the background. According to some friends this photograph is of NCL – National Chemical Laboratories, Pune. I am not sure whether the … Continue reading A Stunning Photograph of a Tree and an Institution in the making
Narayan Rao Kulkarni’s collection includes many portraits of spiritual leaders including the Dalai Lama. One of the citations I casually came across was on Meher Baba’s website. Here are a couple of photos from Meher Baba’s travel page He was also a follower of Gurudev … Continue reading Portraits of Spiritual People
Some of the scanned photographs are frozen moments when the family came together for a family photograph. Not sure if descendants have these photos which were clicked at Kalanidhi Studio by Narayan Rao Kulkarni and his staff. Like John Berger has said – the raw … Continue reading Family Photographs in Monochrome
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