Uncovering the Past
Dad's Prison Diary (1945) Image of diary cover and a powerful page "The entries in Dad's diary were a mixture of poetry, essay and remembrances... One poem excerpt focused laser-like on the personal moral choice a young man faced as a soldier." Include excerpt of his poem about refusing to kill
Letters from India (1965) A letter on thin airmail paper "In his last letters to us from India, written just months before his death, Dad traveled by bullock cart through villages, documenting ancient cave art and wrestling with the meaning of his life's work." Brief excerpt about his loneliness and exhaustion
Family Passport Mom's passport showing all three kids' photos "We were 'Dad and family.' He always had his own passport. Mom had hers with us kids. That's just how it was."
Historical Photo Collage Several compelling images: Kalakshetra students, River John cottage, housing protest in Oakland "A traveling childhood leaves traces—ticket stubs from trains across India, school photos from four different countries, the cottage in Nova Scotia that became our only constant."
Your Diary Entry Page from your 1974 diary "At twenty-one, returning to India to find my father's spiritual legacy, I kept a diary. What I found instead was a country—and myself—transformed by history."
