Portraits for posterity

Denzil Lobo’s Mhow-Parsi Pictures is a compendium of the Parsis of that cantonment town where the community’s presence dates back to 1818. Lobo describes his book as: "A tribute to the Mhow Parsis I once knew… Several others I heard of… And many, whom I am still blessed to know.” The genesis of the idea stemmed from a photo album a Parsi friend has sent him from Ahmedabad. While browsing through it he recognized many familiar faces from his home town, Mhow, some of whom he had met through his mother Gwen who had many Parsi friends. And he decided......



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