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Gandhiji on March 1st, 1938

by Doctor Saab October 2, 2010
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Opinion Book

Continuing my research on my great grandparents’ Kanya Gurukul, aka Devi Ashram, I had

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Four Thums Up

by Doctor Saab June 3, 2010
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1 Our space now has A/C, which means we can think, and not pass out each afternoon from heatstroke.

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Sorted

by Doctor Saab May 31, 2010
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Red, blue, green, orange, purple. With embroidery. Fancy, plain. Silk, cotton, georgette.
You name it, this sari shop gangster…

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Ashrams & Gurukuls

by Doctor Saab January 20, 2010
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This is a photograph of students meditating at Devi Ashram, Hyderabad, probably sometime in the 1940’s. A live-in learning abode for impoverished girls, started by my great grandfather. It ran for many years, but unfortunately now is no more…

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