11 pieces
FamilyThe day I first came to Kunja
We were married on the 25th of November, 2009. I had never once seen the house I was about to call home — and the journey to it is still one of the longest of my life.
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FamilySoonWe are the Negis — and the Bishts too
On a name, and the Kumaoni Rajput family that has called this corner home for as long as anyone remembers.
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FamilySoonKunwar Singh and Heera: the names at our root
The grandparents at the beginning of us, and the little we know and treasure of them.
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FamilySoonMy grandmother's hands, and what they taught me
She gave away warmth for free, every day of her life. I'm still learning from her.
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FamilySoonFive generations on one terrace
A family portrait that keeps growing, taken in the same spot across more than a hundred years.
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FamilySoonRoma, from Haridwar to these hills
How my wife came to these mountains, and made them hers.
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FamilySoonRaising Vivaan and Avyaan in a village
On what a childhood in the hills gives a child that a city never can.
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FamilySoonThe festivals we keep, and the deity we keep them for
The faith woven quietly through a Kumaoni year.
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FamilySoonWhy our surname means 'of these hills'
A small lesson in names, titles and belonging in Kumaon.
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FamilySoonWhat my father carried, and what he let go
The inheritance that isn't land or money.
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FamilySoonThe women who really run this house
An honest credit where it's long overdue.
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