On 9/11, 115 yrs ago, 3000 Indians gathered at Johannesburg’s Empire Theatre to protest a degrading registration law, the genesis of #Gandhi ’s #Satyagraha campaign #indianocean #history #britishempire #postcolonial #personalhistory #africa #travel #books #journalist #connections
#chasingancestors 35 Gandhi and Gama Gulammohammed Sheikh
#indianocean #history #art #britishempire #postcolonial #personalhistory #museum #southasia #asia #africa #travel #nonfiction #books #journalist #archives #connections
#chasingancestors 026 An 1803 map of the swampy islands given as dowry to a libertine British king by his Convent-bred Portuguese bride which became Bombay/Mumbai, my city
#indianocean #history #britishempire #postcolonial #personalhistory #travel #books #journalist #connections
Conrad student Beth Davis shares her emotional family history about her grandmother who survived the #Holocaust and immigrated to the United States #personalhistory Conrad Schools of Science
We have one place left on this online small-group CPD workshop on 29 November if you would like to join us - The Power of Personal History. scnlh.org/the-power-of-p…
#TherapyCPD #PersonalHistory #Psychotherapy #Hypnotherapy #Counselling #TherapistsConnect
From the archives:
‘Rocks By the Sea.’
Oil on canvas, 30x30 cm, 2004.
*Sold to a collector of my work in the US, 2005.
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#chasingancestors 025 A milestone in the making of the #britishempire had disintegrated into a ‘noble pile’ by 1847 (H.G. Briggs-Cities of Gujarashtra) #indianocean #history #postcolonial #personalhistory #museum #asia #travel #nonfiction #books #journalist #archives #connections
#chasingancestors 028 Correspondence between officials on the western Indian coast, 1901 (Maharashtra State Archives) #indianocean #history #britishempire #postcolonial #personalhistory #museum #asia #africa #travel #nonfiction #books #journalist #archives #connections
#chasingancestors 027 The East Africa Protectorate (1895)used the rupee and boosted Indian migration; a bowl from an aunt in Mombasa #indianocean #history #britishempire #postcolonial #personalhistory #asia #africa #travel #nonfiction #books #journalist #archives #connections
#chasingancestors 33 Turn-of-20thCty my ancestor Mohanlal took a steamer to South Africa. Were his travels connected with his namesake Mohandas? #indianocean #history #britishempire #postcolonial #asia #personalhistory #africa #travel #books #journalist #archives #connections
20 years ago today. I still remember those nerves!
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#chasingancestors 029 A keepsake, paper cutter/bookmark from a trip to Australia
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#chasingancestors 030 Stone masons from French colonies in India made buildings in Port Louis, Mauritius. The British sent indentured workers to plant sugarcane #indianocean #history #britishempire #postcolonial #personalhistory #asia #africa #nonfiction #journalist #connections
