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Meher & Me Photographs

Mum/Meher, in Lucknow.

Bana Granny with me as a baby at home in London, background tapestry of roses done by Naja Granny, 1970.

Dad/Rumi, Mum/Meher and me, in London, 1970.

Mum/Meher with me, as a baby, in London, 1970.

Mum/Meher with me as a baby, in London, 1970.

Farah age 3, taken at photographer's studio in London.

Me as a Flower girl, age three, at the wedding of Mum's first cousin to a Scottish lady. As part of the wedding, which was in a church, they had bagpipes playing, which scared me and I cried for the rest of the wedding.

Naja Granny, who was an artist, working, holding a paint brush.

Dad/Rumi, Mum/Meher and me, in London, 1973.

Mum/Meher and (Mum's brother) Cyrus Mamu, posing as kids in Lucknow, 1954. Mamu was born with arthrogryposis, wearing one of his first sets of calipers.

Naja Granny at home in Lucknow, with family pet dog, “Socks,” who was black with four white paws.

Dad/Rumi by the seashore.

Dad/Rumi with his grandfather, who is wearing the Parsi prayer cap (topi) the older generation and more religious individuals would wear.

Mum/Meher, aged 9, at her Navjote “confirmation ceremony,” with the presiding Parsi Dastoor, who is wearing the traditional attire of a priest.

Dad/Rumi and Mum/Meher at their engagement, Lucknow, 1969.

Mum/Meher at her engagement to Dad/Rumi, January 1969. Dad and his parents had travelled to Lucknow, from London, for the engagement and wedding ceremonies. Photo at Mum’s home in Lucknow.

Bana Granny with Mum/Meher (middle) and relatives at Mum’s wedding engagement ceremony, 1969.

Dad/Rumi and Mum/Meher’s wedding invitation, 1969.

Dad/Rumi and Mum/Meher on their wedding day.

Dad/Rumi and Mum/Meher, in London.

Ratan Nana, with Mum/Meher and me, age 1, during a visit to Lucknow, 1971.

Mum/Meher and her brother, Cyrus Mamu, at home in Lucknow, circa 1975.

Naja Granny, Cyrus Mamu and Rebecca Ammaji in Bombay, 1967.

Mum/Meher studying for her law degree, before her marriage, which she completed post her return to Lucknow.

Cyrus Mamu with baby Shiraz and family dog, Bhutta, early 1975.

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