Monikaka at 23!

An age-old Picture of Monikaka / Dadu (Sri Sachindranath Ray), my father's Paternal Uncle.. the oldest family member we are blessed to have with us.. This picture is of the time when he was 23! <3 span="">

Jethu clicked this from a framed photograph in Dadu's bedroom.

Monikaka at 23, his Grandson Sonu (Anirban) at 38 :)
Clicked by Jethu on 18th October, 2016.  :)

Another click of a framed photograph - Monikaka's family

Another beautiful picture from Monikaka/ Dadu's drawing room.. I clicked a few pics of this one, but none came out as clear and bright as the one that Anirban Sonu clicked .. Monikaka with his wife, daughter Mausumi (my dear Babli Pisi), and son Sabyasachi (Babua Kaku) :) .. Such an old gem! <3 span=""> So thankful that I visited and saw and got these pics!

The Priceless Notebook of Monikaka

Monikaka's / Dadu's Diary or Notebook where dates of birth, dates of marriage, and dates of passing have all been written down by him so very meticulously! 

This is the page from where I got to know that the date of passing of my Thakurda was 29th August, 1962 - this date had never been mentioned and observed by my Thamma or my Baba or Pisi-s.. It is a pity that I did not get to know his date of birth!

This page also tells me the dates of birth of both my Pisi-s .. things that I never knew..

It tells us the date of wedding of S N Roy and Mago, date of their marriage reception, date of birth of BaRo Jethu Prabir Roy, and a lot more dates ..

It mentions Baba's date of birth too :) and Sonu's DOB too :)

And this is just one page! 

We can see "Tarudidi passed away on 11. 12. 26" on the upper left page. The Pisi about whom our fathers never knew, the sister of our Thakurda-s who had never been mentioned before Anjoli found out about her in 2014.. being mentioned so lovingly as "Tarudidi"

Monikaka's Picture clicked by Baba !

Original Pic Credit: Kabir Ray

I have never seen somebody so handsome and so smart! (Y) <3 span="">

He is my father's paternal uncle, Sri Sachindranath Ray .. known to all of us as Monikaka <3 span=""> .. a picture from decades back! Yesterday afternoon, I clicked this from a framed photograph in his drawing room :)

(He used to work in the police)

After I had posted this picture on FB last night, my dear Babli Pisi (Monikaka-s daughter) told me that this pic had been clicked by my Baba <3 span=""> at the Ganges GhaaT of Chandennagore ! And yesterday, unknowingly, I clicked a picture of that picture! Goosebumps!  How history repeats itself! 

A very strange thing is that while I was posting this picture on FB, still unaware of the fact that this had originally been clicked by Baba, decades back, I had strange feelings that Baba was standing behind me, just as he often used to do, while I worked on the computer! 

My Thakurda (Arunendranath Ray), the younger one, with Jethu's Baba Samarendranath Roy, the eldest sibling ..
 A gem collected from Monikaka