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Yesterday was #AkshayaTritiya2023. My hero's birthday. He would've been 85. A man literally born with a silver spoon with 16 Palaces to stay in, he lost everything at the age of 15. 1952 the Zamindari system was abolished & a shrewd trick played by Nehru & Bidhan Chandra Roy... 
(2/n) left him and a family of 17 literally on the streets. They were given 7 days to vacate #UttarparaRajbari, one of the 16 palaces he was born in. His mother, Rani Ma (my nani) had throat cancer & his father spinal cancer. 14 others were either children or people who never...
(3/n) had to work. Everything came from estate that spanned 7.8 million acre, including the #Sunderbans. There was only 5K cash in the house. Just on the 7th day a battalion of police came to the Palace and asked the family to vacate. They collected whatever they could and with..
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A group of elderly women taking rest after evening walk. Somewhere in Chennai.
Shot around a decade back.
A group of elderly women taking rest after evening walk. Somewhere in Chennai.
Shot around a decade back.
Photo of the day - 2
A man running after lighting a powerful Kathinavedi(Cracker). During Thrissur Pooram some years back.
A man running after lighting a powerful Kathinavedi(Cracker). During Thrissur Pooram some years back.
(Photo of the day - 3 )
Shot during a rock concert at Palace grounds, Bangalore, 2010.
#photography #PhotoOfTheDay
Shot during a rock concert at Palace grounds, Bangalore, 2010.
#photography #PhotoOfTheDay
