The Indian Memory Project is an online archive that aims to trace the history of the Indian subcontinent using images and narratives offered by families and individuals in several countries. It was founded in February 2010 by Indian photographer Anusha Yadav. The ongoing project attempts to convey in a unified way the history of the subcontinent, its experiences, humanity, choices and its circumstances that have made the region and its people who they are. It is also intended to promote greater tolerance, understanding, and capacity for learning among the citizens of India, its neighbouring countries and the world.
The project employs photographs, contextualised narratives and letters found in personal archives, highlighting themes such as social transformation, new professions, partition, education, war, marriage, religion and culture, and the impact they had on families living during these times. With personal images serving as evidence, each post on the archive reveals information about people, families and ancestors, cultures, lifestyles, traditions, choices, circumstances and thereby consequences. Indian Memory Project has received images from families and people based in Canada, USA, Ireland, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, United Kingdom. Currently the oldest photograph is from 1860.
The project received an honorary mention in the Digital Communities category at the 2013 Prix Ars Electronica, Austria.
References
History in the Making. Hindustan Times. January 2014 NY Daily News, December 19, 2013 On nostalgia. Economic Times – 2015. By Vikram Doctor Click, Save, Forget: Times of India. April 2016 Open Magazine. March 26, 2010 A Family Album of India. Mumbai Mirror & Bangalore Mirror. Ankit Ajmera, January 23, 2011/January 30, 2011 A Secret History Outlook India, April 11, 2011 Diachronic Lenses Indian Express, Sharon Fernandes, April 17, 2011 This used to be me Economic Times, Deepika Sorabjee, May 2, 2012 Archiving through personal records with an interface like Facebook has made old worlds come alive The Hindu, Geeta Padmanabhan, July 4, 2012 Portal to the past Times of India, Bangalore, Shrabonti Bagchi, August 4, 2012. The Record of Small Things Verve Magazine, August 2012 Memoirs of a Nation The History Workshop, UK, March 2013 , Italy. June 6, 2013 Financial Express. by Kunal Doley. August 2014 Homegrown.in' February 2015 Telegraph United Kingdom, 2010 Gulf News, UAE 2010. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/a-first-hand-look-at-history-1.653821 Wall Street Journal 2010. The Herald, Pakistan. 2012.http://www.indianmemoryproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/magazinespread_low.pdf BBC Radio Hindi 2013. Telerama, France 2014. Open Magazine, India 2010. Outlook, India 2011. Indian Express, India 2011.
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Anusha Yadav