Manimma: Memories from Jamshedpur (TataNagar) - Part 2 (Family + some special occassions)

As mentioned in the first part of this post, my father lived most of his life in Jamshedpur (served by the TataNagar Junction Railway Station), working at Tata Steel, and spoke very fondly of his life there, particularly his friends. I myself have good memories of the 2 schools I attended there, Hill Top and Loyola, and our trips to the factory during Vishvakarma Puja, Telco Stadium, the neighbourhoods of Sakchi, Bistapur, etc,. and places like Jubilee Park and Dimna Lake.

Appa's photo albums were filled with hundreds of photos of his Jamshedpur life, and even during my 2022 trip to India, I discovered a few envelopes where more photos were stashed, with one of them having his handwritten label "Seshagiri's Jamshedpur life".

If I am not mistaken, in their early years in Jamshedpur, the family was near the Telco Club, in K3/52, Telco, Jamshedpur. I have attached a picture of one of his photo album covers that has this address

and also a photo with the caption "Official residence of the photographer"

Sadly, I don't think we ever visited this place, and the family shifted to the KDFlats (near the Shiksha Niketan school), where we spent the early years of my childhood. I think the flats have been demolished completely and there is new construction in its place :-( However, thankfully, there are large number of photos, both from school (many group photos) and KDFlats and trips to nearby places.

It is not possible to post all of his photos here :-), but I post a few starting with one I found in Malini Manni's collection, which I have never seen before, and is of PaaTi, Manimma, Amma, and Baby Athai.