The Heart and the Stomach
Sometimes home is simply a taste we remember
The Maternal Branch
Teachers, midwives, and one quiet revolutionary.
Courtyard, First Light
The Lucknow house, photographed by my father in 1962.
Wedding Procession
Aunt Reza's wedding, the lane lined with marigolds.
Grandmother's Lullaby
Recorded by a cousin in 1997, on a borrowed tape recorder.
Shikara at Dawn
Field recording from Dal Lake, used in Journeys I.
Hampi Walk
A slow walk among the boulders at golden hour.
The Partition Years
Family movements between 1946 and 1953, reconstructed from letters.
The Tin Box of Letters
Full sequence of letters from Bombay, 1971–1978.
Companion to Chapter 7
Photographs, audio, and an extended note for readers of Journeys II.
Companion to Becoming Me
Family archive material referenced in chapters 3–5.
Kyoto Garden, Raked
Ryoan-ji at first opening, before the crowds.