Thursday, October 9, 2025

My Grandfather's School in Nungambakkam - New Book Cover

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Genealogical and Socio-Historical Analysis of Shri Neela Megha Shyamala Naidu of Srivilliputtur (c. 1875–1930)

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  Genealogical and Socio-Historical Analysis of Shri Neela Megha Shyamala Naidu of Srivilliputtur (c. 1875–1930)   This expert report pr...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Smt. Laxmamma (Laxmibai) with Shri Chinnaswamy Naidu - My paternal grandmother's twin sister

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 Finally, through providence and a FB meet-up with an unconnected cousin, I was able to receive a precious photograph of my maternal grandmo...
Monday, November 4, 2019

My mother, Indumati, at Stella Maris College, Madras - 21 March 1961

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a precious photograph from the archives - from 21 March 1961 - of my mother, Indumati Muniswamy Naidu - before her marriage and change of n...

My mother at Presidency College, Madras 1950-1953

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an absolutely rare treasure of a photograph, received suddenly from someone who was shown the photograph quite accidentally. The BA Telugu ...
Monday, March 25, 2019

My maternal grand-uncle with my maternal aunt, Shyamala and a cousin.

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My maternal grand-uncle with my maternal aunt, Shyamala Naidu, and a cousin. Possibly late 50s or 1960. Maybe in Villivakkam or Nungambakka...

with my sister, Uma / Sarala at Villivakkam in the late sixties

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With my sister, Uma / Sarala (now Sarala Krishnamoorthy, r/o Perth, Australia, and mother of Venkat Krishnamoorthy and Vegini Krishnamoort...

My mother, her two sisters, her maternal aunt and cousins - sometime in the late 50s or 1960

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My mother, Indumati (Sharada Bhushan) her two sisters, Saraswathy and Shyamala, her maternal aunt, Rajani, and cousins - sometime in the la...

My maternal grandmother, her eldest son, Kuchela, her sister and nieces - Meera and Bhavani

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My maternal grandmother, Hymavathi Naidu, her eldest son, Kuchela Naidu, her sister, and nieces - Meera and Bhavani - possibly at Villivakk...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Pramila Naidu, my paternal aunt with Jairam Naidu and his mother, Shanmughavalli, and their daughters. Possibly 1955

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Elders, from left - Mrs. Pramila Jairam Naidu, my paternal aunt, Smt. Shanmughavalli Alagiri Singhari Naidu (sister of my paternal grandfat...

M. Gopinath Naidu - my maternal uncle

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My maternal uncle - M. Gopinath Naidu - sometime in 1965, I think, on the roof of the Sri Raja Rajeswari Primary and High School at 4, Rama...

Unknown - from my mother's family photographs of 1955 to 1965

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Could not identify her, but I do remember my mother telling me once that she was an important relative, within a gajula balija naidu family...

Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam - my paternal grandfather - sometime in the 1930s

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An old archival photograph of my paternal grandfather, Shri Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam Naidu, seated, in a smashing stylish pale cream suit, ...

Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam - sometime in 1930 to 1940

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An old archival photograph of my paternal grandfather, Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam Naidu, seated, 3rd from right, in a smashing stylish pale cr...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Ancient temples of Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu - the southern homeland and history of Balija Naidus during 1350 to 1900

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Srivilliputhur is a municipal town in Tamil Nadu, very near Kanya Kumari, to give one an idea of what would be a southern homeland of the B...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

The battle of Palnadu - the Kurukshetra of the Naidu clans and the migration after victory and defeat

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The battle of Palnadu is known usually as the Kurukshetra of the Andhra regions, more so since the war was fought by cousins, in a manner s...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Salem Pagadala Narasimhalu Naidu - 12 April 1854 - 22 January 1922 - leading Balija Naidus during pre-1890 in South Tamil Nadu

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Salem Pagadala Narasimhalu Naidu or Pagadala Narasimhalu Nayadu  was a Congressman, social worker, publisher and a writer of travelogues. H...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Gajula Balija Naidus during 1890 to 1950 - in the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh regions

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The Gajula Balija Naidus were usually referred to or preferred to be known as Gavara, Kavara, Chetti, Setti, or Balijas during the period 1...