Saturday, 6 June 2026
Priti & Shivanand·com
A keeping place
In remembrance of Shivanand · 1948 — 2026
Photographs · 1948 — 2026

A long album.

The family is collecting these slowly. New photographs will appear here as they are scanned and remembered. To add a photo, sign in to the editor and upload directly to an album.

Bengaluru, the long settling

1948 — 2026 · 5 photographs
Restaurant · 2021
Dada and Shlok were having Tea and Samosa
Where most of the writing happened.
Cubbon Park, every Sunday, without fail.
On the day Maya learned to walk, and chose him to walk to.
He had read every book on the third shelf twice.

Makhla & Jamshedpur

1968 — 1994 · 5 photographs
With Priti, on a morning the city had decided to be kind.
The first flat in Makhla, Kolkata. Two chairs and a view of someone else's terrace.
Holding Anil for the first time.
Department of Mathematics, Fergusson College.
Juhu, the year of the red bucket.

Childhood, Dharwad

1949 — 1967 · 5 photographs
On his grandfather's veranda, the year before school began.
With Mom and his brothers, before the move to Hubli.
Standing third from left, in a sweater she had knitted.
Karnatak College, Dharwad. The friendships that lasted longest.
The day before he left for Bombay.