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Visualizing Information SpaceVisualizing the information space of the assigned artefact or topic.
The Task:
By Kinnari ThakkerGraduate Studio I
Fall 2010Instructor: Dan Boyarski
School of DesignCarnegie Mellon
my family treeThe Topic:The topic, my family tree could mean different things for different people. I started the project by trying to understand what this meant to me. I also phoned my parents and my aunts, who were more than happy to give me their suggestions. I listened to all of them and reconnected with them over their ideas for my project. I have included many of their suggestions in the outcome and would like to thank them for their time and enthusiasm.
My initial idea was to represent the genealogy. I hoped to find interesting and dramatic stories in the past, but realized very soon, that there wasn’t much drama in the family. I also learned most of my relatives had forgotten or were unsure about the past.
I furthered my concept on genealogy and added to it layers of information—such as, stories in time, strength of ties etc.
My aunts suggested that I add in some family gossip, which included who doesn’t like who and who is very close to who. My father suggested that I look at the relevance of travel in the family and how that may have contributed to better exposure and a quality life. I thought that all these ideas were interesting in revealing information about the family.
Although in my topic, my family “tree”— the word tree suggests genealogy. It was very difficult for me to get away from the genealogy diagram that I began with. However, for my audience, my class of fellow information design students and others who may choose to attend, I felt that the details of the family tree weren’t going to be relevant or meaningful.
This led me to think, that there was a need to represent my family in a novel way, yet, not taking away the genealogy data completely. For people interested in the genealogy data, I wanted to provide the possibility of reading that information too. I began with these thoughts and came up with two concepts. Both of them aim to reveal stories about the family, although the focus of the information differed. My first concept layered stories on genealogy, whereas the second, layered it on locations in time.
Interpreting the topic
Quick genealogy sketch
concept 1
concept 2
genealogy
stories about the family
family at different locations in time
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1910 20101950
parpiya
jamnadas kaki
rasila
pravin
kalpanamanasi
prateekforgotjustinforgotaayushforgot
niharsmit
mukeshvipinbharatbhavananitin
daxasushmitanileshusha
nirmal ajanta
anupranay
kinnari
rajharsha
amritlal
jaya
manek
forgot
bhupendra kalpana
usha
meenaforgot
forgot
prerna
nagesh
jyoti
laju sean
krisha
rohan
forgotmelvin
tarikadarshana
darshasiddharth
hemenbimal
kreena sameerforgotjenny
jai
aditi
dhruvbhairavi asheesh
birajaditya
anish
paninivikas
lalit
haku
pratima
anna
rasila
bipin
hansa
gautam
daiben
Concept 1
historical milestone
accelerated time
comment about relationship
death
milestones
marriage
children
locational informationlarge cities | villages
basic genealogy data
stories blended into locational attributes
Concept 2
time
Exploring Visual representations of genealogy - working towards concept 1
I explored both the concepts that I began with only because I felt that both of them had equal potential. I went on to examine different ways to represent genalogies and the details of its visual representation.
Key Questions:How can I visually show marriage?How can I visually show children from a marriage?How do i show divources?How can I connect two or more people at one point in time to tell a story?How can secrets within the family really be an aspect of the design that requires the viewer to interact with the poster?
Key Information:Genealogy - relationships Stories embedded within relationships
After exploring the visualization for this concept, I decided to go ahead with concept 2. With some feedback from classmates in the studio and while keeping in mind the audience, I felt that stories are far more valuable as information as compared to personal genealogy. This made me explore ways to design concept 2.
Exploring visual ways to show movement
I looked for examples in other peoples work that succeded to do what I was struggling with. I was trying to show movement across location which embedded certain information about the location itself.
A significant part of my family stories were those of behaviours due to migration from one village to another, one city to another or one country to another.
I found some inspiring examples in Nicholas Feltrons work. So I started exploring how I could do this to show the world my family knew of and existed within.
movement across spaceImages by Nicholas Feltronfrom www.feltron.com
Classroom Feedback
Encorporating classroom feedback was a very important part in my final design:
1. The metaphor of the globe outline as the world for my family, could literally become larger as their lived environments become macro.
2. Strong verticals that place a particular location in time was important for reference
3. No one’s interested in the genealogy
4. The most interesting aspect of the information is the stories, put in more stories - good or bad—many stories
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
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get
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get
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prat
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gets
mar
ried
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na
bira
j
bim
al
jenn
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dars
ha
siddh
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itya
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a ge
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get
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n ge
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mal
get
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nirm
al g
ets m
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rasil
a is
mar
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nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
krish
a
sean
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasil
a
bipi
nha
nsa
gaut
am
daib
en pa
sses
aw
ay
chan
drak
anth
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way
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s wife
pass
es a
way
thakkers
my family tree
lohanas
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces these stories beginning in the early 1930’s to present day.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake amritlal jumped into the lake
without noticing the crocodiles
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for work
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant here
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
bhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
gautam settled down in new jersey
susi settled down in houston, texas
amritlal spent quality time in taliesen learning under flw and others
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
biraj settled down in bangalore
hansa settled down in hyderabad
kalpana settles down in agartala
nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
basic genealogy data moving from micro to macro spaces over time
tracing stories relevant to their situation in space
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
aayu
sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
hars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
nile
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
a
bhup
endr
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
adit
ya
bhai
ravi
adit
i
hans
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
anna
get
s mar
ried
bipi
n ge
ts m
arri
ed
hem
en
laju
gaut
am g
ets m
arri
ed
laju
get
s mar
ried
kree
na g
ets m
arri
ed
bira
j get
s mar
ried
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
dars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
jenn
y ge
ts m
arri
ed
bim
al g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
Final Poster Design
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
aayu
sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
hars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
nile
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
a
bhup
endr
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
adit
ya
bhai
ravi
adit
i
hans
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
anna
get
s mar
ried
bipi
n ge
ts m
arri
ed
hem
en
laju
gaut
am g
ets m
arri
ed
laju
get
s mar
ried
kree
na g
ets m
arri
ed
bira
j get
s mar
ried
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
dars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
jenn
y ge
ts m
arri
ed
bim
al g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
In Retrospect
The topic was a pretty challenging one only because it was so personal. I had to ask questions such as, how much of personal information do I want to reveal? And if i don’t reveal that information does it make the information represented thin and superficial?
In terms of the graphics, I would have liked it to be more detailed, even the macro views of the city of Mumbai woud have revealed more information about the character of Mumbai if it contained information about the roads and the narrow streets that. There would be a contrast extablished between the lives of the family before - in the 1950’s in their villages as compared to a large city like Mumbai.
I would have also liked to represent the genealogical information differently. In the current design, one has to find the person named in the story to the person in the genealogy, which can take a considerable amount of time. If I could visually connect them, then not only would finding them be easier, it would also be more revealing as to who has the most number of stories. This would be a good way to also establish the bias in my perspective and how I know more about some people closest to me and less about others distantly related.
On a more encouraging note, I learnt that stories can communicate a lot about people. Stories across location and time can be very revealing about characters, knowledge exposure, cultures—it brings out some cliches and preconceieved notions about cultures and also challenges them.
I feel like my design sucessfully implemented most of my goals. If the poster were displayed in a room full of people from my family, I’m sure it would prove to provide for a very entertaining and nostalgic evening for all.
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
aayu
sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
hars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
nile
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
a
bhup
endr
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
adit
ya
bhai
ravi
adit
i
hans
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
anna
get
s mar
ried
bipi
n ge
ts m
arri
ed
hem
en
laju
gaut
am g
ets m
arri
ed
laju
get
s mar
ried
kree
na g
ets m
arri
ed
bira
j get
s mar
ried
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
dars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
jenn
y ge
ts m
arri
ed
bim
al g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
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sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
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ed
nirm
al g
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ed
hars
ha g
ets m
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nile
sh g
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ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
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bhup
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ts m
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ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
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anna
get
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ried
bipi
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laju
gaut
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laju
get
s mar
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kree
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bira
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s mar
ried
hem
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dars
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hem
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jenn
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ed
bim
al g
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arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
aayu
sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
hars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
nile
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
a
bhup
endr
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
adit
ya
bhai
ravi
adit
i
hans
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
anna
get
s mar
ried
bipi
n ge
ts m
arri
ed
hem
en
laju
gaut
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arri
ed
laju
get
s mar
ried
kree
na g
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arri
ed
bira
j get
s mar
ried
hem
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ets m
arri
ed
dars
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ed
hem
en g
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ed
jenn
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ts m
arri
ed
bim
al g
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arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
aayu
sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
hars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
nile
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
a
bhup
endr
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
adit
ya
bhai
ravi
adit
i
hans
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
anna
get
s mar
ried
bipi
n ge
ts m
arri
ed
hem
en
laju
gaut
am g
ets m
arri
ed
laju
get
s mar
ried
kree
na g
ets m
arri
ed
bira
j get
s mar
ried
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
dars
ha g
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arri
ed
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
jenn
y ge
ts m
arri
ed
bim
al g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
man
ek m
arri
es pa
rpia
1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
jam
nada
s
jam
nada
s get
s mar
ried
kalp
ana
kalp
ana
gets
mar
ried
daxa
get
s mar
ried
prat
eek
man
siju
stin
hars
h
priy
ank
smit
niha
r
aayu
sh
priy
al
susi
get
s mar
ried
raje
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
hars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
nile
sh g
ets m
arri
ed
usha
get
s mar
ried
daxa
susi
nile
sh
usha
hars
ha
raje
sh
jaya
get
s mar
ried
amri
tlal
get
s mar
ried
nirm
al
kinn
ari
amri
tlal
jaya
chan
drak
anth
mar
ried
dai
ben
bhup
endr
a
bhup
endr
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
lalit
get
s mar
ried
haku
get
s mar
ried
prat
ima
gets
mar
ried
kree
na bira
j
bim
al
jenn
y
dars
ha
sidd
hart
hjai
dhru
v
adit
ya
bhai
ravi
adit
i
hans
a ge
ts m
arri
ed
anna
get
s mar
ried
bipi
n ge
ts m
arri
ed
hem
en
laju
gaut
am g
ets m
arri
ed
laju
get
s mar
ried
kree
na g
ets m
arri
ed
bira
j get
s mar
ried
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
dars
ha g
ets m
arri
ed
hem
en g
ets m
arri
ed
jenn
y ge
ts m
arri
ed
bim
al g
ets m
arri
ed
nirm
al g
ets m
arri
ed
rasi
la is
mar
ried nirm
al
kinn
ari
pane
eni
vika
s
kris
ha sean
DEV
roha
n
lalit
prat
ima
haku
anna
rasi
la
bipi
n
hans
a
gaut
am
thakkers
my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london
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1947 - india gains independence after a century of british rule
1982 - my parents get married 1990 - open sky treaty affords airtravel to the common man
1962 - j.f kennedy saw india as a major partner - number of indians migrating to america increased
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my family, through stories
lohanas
This poster shares short stories about the lives of two families living in different parts of Mumbai, India and around the world — it traces their journeys and the stories beginning in the early 1940’s to present day. They are connected by a marriage, one between my father and my motherin 1982.
designed by kinnari thakkergraduate studio ifall 2010instructor: dan boyarski
rasila and amritlal met for the first time in a restaurant called swagat
bharat’s textile shop gets robbed in 1987 at gunpoint. he stopped working after that
kinnari and nirmal were often brought to the beach after school. they were allowed one stick of cotton candy each-nothing more
amritlal set up his architecture practice here
nilesh was at CST railway station 5 minutes before the terrorists attacked it in 2008
amritlal and rasila would go for long walks along marine drive every evening
the homi bhabha auditorium was frequented almost once a month by rasila and amritlal after their marriage for ballets, operas and world theatre
mumbai
amritlal went to j. j. school of architecture
amritlal met walter gropius here
rajesh goes to university of north carolinasusi settled down in
houston, texas
united states
abu dhabi
jamnadas starts his own tea business in coonoor
amritlal, rasila were chased by wild elephants in mudumalai wildlife santuary
kreena was kept back in srinagar for 3 months after a 7 day holiday because of riots
amritlal began a 3 month road trip beginning in new york in ’78
no one from my family has ever visted the taj mahal in agra
daxa lost her house in the earthquake of ‘01nirmal marries a girl from dhaka, bangladesh
gautam settled down in new jersey
kinnari gets lost in the mountains of dayarabugyal (himalayas) for 8 hours
kalpana settled down in agartala
rajesh is the only one who has gone this far north east to guhati
india
lalit moves to abu dhabi, and slowly over the years calls all his brothers and helps them get a job
siddharth was last seen in abu dhabi. no one knows where he is today
ghatkopar, mumbai
mumbai
bhuj
manek carried pots of drinking water through this distance more then three times a day
manek and parpia had to move houses 3 times after the partition to avoid conflict with powerful gangs that invaded bhuj
twenty two members of the family lived in this house
anna would buy silver jewellery here for all the sisters on their birthdays
rasila, haku and hansa would fly kites from their uncles roof terrace
rasilas purse was stolen 3 times in the narrow market lanes of bhuleshwar
rasila would steal guavas from the neighbours orchard
chandrakanth started a physicians clinic here and the queues of patients would sometimes extend to the next lane
jamnadas studied under a tree near the lake
amritlal jumped into the lake without noticing the crocodiles
amritlal looks towards mumbai to pursue architecture. his family does not approve of his decision
jaya would organize picnics with her friends in the fields
parpia would always be travelling to chapedi for workbhuj
chapedi
ghatkopar, mumbaibhuleshwar, mumbai
the boys would take a train to go watch movies in the city
biraj works at SAP in bangalore
goa is the most commonly visited holiday destination for for both families
the lohanas are originally from saurashtra
rajesh works for IBM in bangalore he also grows jathropa for biodiesel and other organic foods in his farm
rajesh, nirmal and kinnari all go to a boarding school in andra pradesh for 9 years each
harsha settled down in london