Today (Dec 29th, 2023) would have been my father's (V. Seshagiri's) 93rd birthday. I had posted some photos from his collection and what Malini Manni gave me on whatsapp, and am reproducing them below.
The first photo is one of my father in a happy mood, and one that Malini Manni said I absolutely must have, and I agree.
The next several photos are from Appa's trip to Europe and the US in 1961. In fact, on this trip (summer 2023), I found some booklets about the US with his signature. I am reproducing them below.
Nixon was the President of the US at the time, and it was quite interesting to see these booklets because, as the photos below will show, my father had been to Washington DC, and the White House at the time. I always had the photos in my possession, but this summer trip was the first time I found the booklets that he had saved, along with similar ones about Jamshedpur etc.
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| White House, 07th Feb 1961 |
I am not sure who the folks in the last few photos are, maybe the local hosts in Milwaukee ? It appears from what I could find that the young lady's name is Diane ? Hopefully, someone browsing these pages will recognize some of the people in these photos !
Also posting below some photos from Paris and Zurich.
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| Notre Dame, Paris, 16 Feb 1961 |
I conclude with a photo that was taken right after his return, which a number of people liked very much !
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| (LtoR): Amma, Appa, Padhu Athai and Kumar Anna |
I will post more photos that I got from Malini Manni, including (yet) one (more!) of the four brothers in a future post, maybe after posting some from the early Jeeyapuram (and Jamshedpur) years.
