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Pioneer Meheribai

"A faithful reproduction of the first photograph taken of an Indian lady” Meheribai Hormusjee Shroff which appeared in a 1911 book titled The story of my life written by her daughter Dosebai Cowasjee Jessawalla was shown on a walking tour that culminated at a photographic exhibition "Portrait of a nation, a nation in portraits” at Bombay’s Pundole Gallery on February 3, 2018. "Photography (was) in those days a profound mystery to a Parsi woman’s mind,” notes Jessawalla. "Meheribai is here represented in her widow’s weeds, which are always by us retained during widowhood. The likeness is so excellent that those......



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