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Born in 1919, Debalina Mazumder and Manobina Roy were initiated into photography when they were just 13 by their father, Binode Behari Sen Roy, a school principal in the princely state of Ramnagar in the United Provinces. Image
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At the time, staged and posed photographs were the norm. When lighter and portable cameras made candid photographs possible, they became adept at taking pictures that captured the warmth and humdrum of ordinary lives.
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“After Debalina and Manobina got married, their photographic pursuits had to be accommodated within their growing responsibilities as wives and mothers amidst new households in Calcutta and Bombay. But there were occasions that brought respite and greater freedom.
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Their joint stay in London with their children in 1959 was one such opportunity...The pursuit of photographing other worlds continued during their travels to Paris, Geneva and Moscow,” Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre said in a release.

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