Girmit · Family stories · Stories · Leela
- Stories told
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- Stories about
- 2
- Photos
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People in this familyLeelaThangamPushpaMohanGangaPerumal
Told by Leela
- Voice3:56
The Saturday vegetable cart
Told by Leela · about Ganga
Saturday mornings, a cart in the street and a mother who never hurried a purchase.
- Photo1:18
The photograph on the verandah
Told by Leela · about Ganga, Perumal, Thangam
One print, three people and a missing photographer.
- WrittenRead
The last evening in the old house
Told by Leela · about Ganga, Perumal, Thangam
Boxes, newspaper round the cups, and a table already gone.
- Voice5:31
Teaching my granddaughter the dhal
Told by Leela · about Anand
She does not measure. She listens to the pot.
About Leela
- Video3:34
Walking to school
Told by Thangam · about Leela
Big ones holding little ones' hands, and a girl from the next street who was never ready.
- Voice4:41
Sweets at midnight
Told by Thangam · about Ganga, Leela
The night before the festival, nobody was asleep, and everybody pretended to be.
Photos
Ask Leela about…
A story is easiest to keep while the person can still tell it. Ask first, and record only with Leela’s yes.
- Walk us down your street, door by door. Who lived behind each one?Record this
- What did the kitchen smell like on a Sunday?Record this
- Which song did your mother hum while she worked?Record this
- Which photograph would you save first?Record this