According to my grandmother, her father-in-law William Robinson had a falling out with one of the sons of his first marriage and this resulted in his will being contested. I’m not sure why anyone would want to contest a will like the one he left…
A silver-plated tea set has been in my family since the start of the 20th century (Figure 1). I will briefly examine its provenance and then discuss its personal and social significance. Finally, I will offer some thoughts about its possible future. The tea set…
A British Indian Passport and the Family Historian Old passports are among the most evocative family heirlooms. Birth certificates tell us when an ancestor entered the world and death certificates when they left it, but a passport captures a life in motion. It records where…
Our house in Wazir Munzil Road had a large garden and in the centre of the garden there was a bed of marigolds. Lying on my stomach in front of the marigolds I imagined them to be a forest, which indeed they were to a…