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The document was completed around the 4th-5th of March, 1914 and the codicil was annexed on 8th March of the same year. Instructions were […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2831" class="post-2831 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-south category-city-folk category-eat-and-drink tag-bangalore tag-chamarajpet tag-kr-market tag-pandit-jawaharlal-nehru tag-prakash-cafe tag-ramakrishna-hegde"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/written-on-the-wall-prakash-cafe/" title="Permalink to Written on the Wall-Prakash Cafe" rel="2831"><img width="1882" height="1177" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=1882" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg 1882w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=584 584w" sizes="(max-width: 1882px) 100vw, 1882px" data-attachment-id="2833" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/written-on-the-wall-prakash-cafe/unnamed-4/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg" data-orig-size="1882,1177" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1446468920","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="unnamed (4)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A haven of continuity.</p> " data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-4.jpg?w=584" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/written-on-the-wall-prakash-cafe/" rel="bookmark">Written on the Wall-Prakash Cafe</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="November 2, 2015 10:24 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/written-on-the-wall-prakash-cafe/">November 2, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-south/" rel="category tag">Bangalore South</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/eat-and-drink/" rel="category tag">Eat and drink</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/written-on-the-wall-prakash-cafe/#comments">4 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>I sometimes think that the history of India was influenced not just by battles and boundary extensions but also banquets. Vintage albums of India in the making contain innumerable images of dignitaries exchanging pleasantries or negotiating the future of their people while seated at formal dining arrangements. But in those photographs dominated by star personalities were other men […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2784" class="post-2784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-north category-city-folk tag-albion-bannerjee tag-balabrooie tag-bangalore tag-bengal tag-brijendra-nath-seal tag-durga-pooja tag-dussehra tag-keshub-chandra-sen tag-palace-road tag-rabindranath-tagore"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/finding-bengal-in-our-uru/" title="Permalink to Finding Bengal in our Uru" rel="2784"><img width="636" height="415" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg?w=636" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg 636w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg?w=584 584w" sizes="(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px" data-attachment-id="2787" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/finding-bengal-in-our-uru/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg" data-orig-size="636,415" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="17bg_bgkpm_RAVI_18_2520725f" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/17bg_bgkpm_ravi_18_2520725f.jpg?w=584" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/finding-bengal-in-our-uru/" rel="bookmark">Finding Bengal in our Uru</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="October 28, 2015 4:26 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/finding-bengal-in-our-uru/">October 28, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-north/" rel="category tag">Bangalore North</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/finding-bengal-in-our-uru/#comments">5 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>I was at a Dussehra Puja Pandal celebrating the beautiful martial Goddess Durga last week. It was filled with excited Bengalis and curious non-Bhadralok who eventually jostled together at the food stalls to tuck into plates of Luchi-Cholar Dal, Bhetki fish cutlets and stir fried banana flower. The growing number of Pandals each year point […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2758" class="post-2758 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment category-bangalore-central category-city-folk tag-bangalore tag-hajee-osman-sait tag-india-garage tag-khilafat-movement tag-road tag-t-marks"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/2758/" title="Permalink to A Fiery Spirit-Khilafatwale Hajee Osman Sait" rel="2758"><img width="480" height="640" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg?w=480" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg 480w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg?w=113 113w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg?w=225 225w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" data-attachment-id="2759" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/2758/haji-osman-sait/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg" data-orig-size="480,640" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Haji Osman Sait" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg?w=225" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/haji-osman-sait.jpg?w=329" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/2758/" rel="bookmark">A Fiery Spirit-Khilafatwale Hajee Osman Sait</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="October 22, 2015 12:38 am"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/2758/">October 22, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-central/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Central</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/2758/#comments">2 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>I was standing outside the swank automobile showrooms in India Garage the other day, watching excited owners roll out onto St Marks Road in their ribbon wrapped cars. Many of them swung into the petrol bunk here, to fill up their first full tank. Ironically, the petrol bunk outside this graceful building was where around 1920, […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2750" class="post-2750 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment category-bangalore-central category-city-folk tag-bangalore tag-charles-rhenius tag-rhenius-street tag-richmond-town tag-tirunelveli tag-tranquebar"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/being-street-savvy-rhenius-street/" title="Permalink to Being Street Savvy-Rhenius Street" rel="2750"><img width="1024" height="676" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=1024" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg 1024w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=584 584w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" data-attachment-id="2751" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/being-street-savvy-rhenius-street/img_6733-copy/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,676" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 600D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1445014574","copyright":"","focal_length":"40","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_6733 – Copy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6733-copy.jpg?w=584" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/being-street-savvy-rhenius-street/" rel="bookmark">Being Street Savvy-Rhenius Street</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="October 21, 2015 6:14 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/being-street-savvy-rhenius-street/">October 21, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-central/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Central</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/being-street-savvy-rhenius-street/#comments">4 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Rhenius Street begins off Richmond Road at the corner of Baldwin Girls High School (1880) and meanders past temples, the Richmond Town Park, some massive but beautiful banyan trees and the Akkithimmanahalli Tank (now a playground and Hockey Stadium amongst other things) before reaching Nanjappa Circle at the other end. Come walk down with me […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2724" class="post-2724 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment category-bangalore-central category-city-folk category-eat-and-drink tag-cold-coffee tag-koshys tag-roast-chicken tag-south-parade"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yours-mine-and-ours/" title="Permalink to YOURS, MINE AND OURS-KOSHY’S PARADE CAFE" rel="2724"><img width="681" height="1024" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg?w=681" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg 681w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg?w=100 100w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg?w=200 200w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg?w=291 291w" sizes="(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px" data-attachment-id="2725" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yours-mine-and-ours/koshys/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg" data-orig-size="681,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"????????????????????????????????????","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Koshys" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The much coveted Sugar Bowl at Koshy’s.</p> " data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/koshys.jpg?w=291" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yours-mine-and-ours/" rel="bookmark">YOURS, MINE AND OURS-KOSHY’S PARADE CAFE</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="June 23, 2015 12:18 am"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yours-mine-and-ours/">June 23, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-central/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Central</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/eat-and-drink/" rel="category tag">Eat and drink</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yours-mine-and-ours/#comments">9 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>I’m going to get you a Koshy’s special fried egg sandwich!” says P Oommen Koshy (aka Prem) and disappears into the kitchen. While I wait, I smile at familiar faces, chat with those who stop by and recognise regulars who, like me, have cut their milk teeth in Parade Café (Koshy’s Restaurant) on St.Mark’s Road. […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2718" class="post-2718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment category-bangalore-east category-city-folk tag-almora tag-bengaluru tag-hivajinagar tag-lady-curzon tag-lb-bowring tag-malaria tag-mosquitoes tag-ronald-ross"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/a-nobel-cause/" title="Permalink to A Nobel Cause" rel="2718"><img width="766" height="510" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg?w=766" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg 766w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg?w=584 584w" sizes="(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" data-attachment-id="2719" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/a-nobel-cause/dsc_0682-nef/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg" data-orig-size="766,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DSC_0682.NEF" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Bowring Hospital old wing</p> " data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0682-nef.jpg?w=584" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/a-nobel-cause/" rel="bookmark">A Nobel Cause</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="June 18, 2015 12:11 am"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/a-nobel-cause/">June 18, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-east/" rel="category tag">Bangalore East</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/a-nobel-cause/#comments">6 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>A mosquito whined past me yesterday and I remembered childhood days in Bengaluru when windows were shut as early as mid-afternoon to keep out this winged menace. Doors had wire mesh frames and the garden was fumigated regularly. The precautions were valid. Malarial fever had taken lives across India for centuries. It was also widely believed […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-2713" class="post-2713 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment category-city-folk tag-basavanagudi tag-mir-humza-hussain tag-mysore tag-sajjan-rao-circle tag-sir-albion-banerjee"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/re-visiting-the-past/" title="Permalink to Re-visiting the past" rel="2713"><img width="683" height="1024" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg?w=683" class="attachment-featured thumbnail size-featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg 683w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg?w=100 100w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg?w=200 200w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg?w=292 292w" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px" data-attachment-id="2714" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/re-visiting-the-past/img_2360/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg" data-orig-size="683,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","credit":"Picasa","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL SL1","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1424013359","copyright":"","focal_length":"44","iso":"5000","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_2360" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Mir Humza Hussain, portrait.Image courtesy: Nagineh Hussain Rizvi</p> " data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2360.jpg?w=292" /></a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/re-visiting-the-past/" rel="bookmark">Re-visiting the past</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="June 11, 2015 3:49 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/re-visiting-the-past/">June 11, 2015</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/city-folk/" rel="category tag">City Folk</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/re-visiting-the-past/#comments">10 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“My grandfather, Mushir –ul-Mulk Mir Humza Hussain was appointed Chairman of the Reception Committee when Gandhiji visited Bengaluru in 1927” says Mir Sajjad Hussain with quiet pride. “However, when Gandhiji alighted on the station platform, he found my grandfather missing. He enquired about his absence. 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