Family Photo Album

The Bhattacharyas

Family Photo Album

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The early years from 1972 to 1979 at Wilson Gardens and Cooke Town. The house at Wilson Gardens was small, but newly built & compact. On the other hand, the High Street house was old and large and shabby, & had a big untidy garden, with a guava tree near the gate, big bushes of bougainvilla and a rough granite stone garden bench.

The newlyweds

After the wedding on 15th July, 1972, we set up house in Wilson Gardens.

Rahul

Baby Rahul and parents

Drawing room in Wilson Gardens 1974

Rahul was expected on Christmas Day 1973, but actually arrived on 2nd January 1974. Amachi and a host of uncles, aunts & cousins were there to fuss over him, both in Bangalore, and in Kanjirapally.

Baby Rahul with Papa

In the garden at Wilson Gardens, 1974

Arati in her pram

In the garden at Cooke Town

Arati, on the other hand, arrived two weeks earlier than expected on Valentine's Day 1976.

Arati with Papa

In the Cooke Town garden

Arati was born in Tiruvalla, Kerala and spent her first two months in Kanjirapally. Several older cousins holidaying there at the time fought each other to rock her cradle, and learnt embroidery on her dresses.

In the porch at Cooke Town

Cooke Town, 1977

Papa & children

Rahul & Arati

In Cooke Town, 1976

With Durga Aunty

Cooke Town 1976

In Papa's Filebox

Children squeeze into Papa's filebox , Cooke Town 1978

On holiday

In Sym's park, Coonoor

Swinging on a swing

The guava tree near the gate at Cooke Town

Arati

These were the years when the children joined Rinku Nursery School, got introduced to Fairy Tales & the Faraway Tree and played on the swings and slides and tree house of Jayamahal Palace Hotel.