Guess we know so little about aspects of our own past... this is an important aspect, Duarte. I've heard of RV Pandit's work in photography, and the photo-made-into-a-stamp which he created of Gandhi (or Gandhi/Nehru) was in the news some time back here. But so few links available online about this aspect of his work.
To complicate things, there is another RV Pandit (an East Indian Christian, born Thomas Ignatius Rodrigues in Vasai earlier Bassein) and has been a prominent publisher/film-maker in Bombay in more recent decades. Do let us know how the study goes, and share any links when possible. Many thanks! FN PS: Does anyone feel there is a need for a study on Goan photographers in the Diaspora/Daizpora, in places ranging from Malaysia/Singapore to Kanpur, East Africa and the paparazzi in the UK even today, apart from other places we have perhaps forgotten? On Friday 5 April 2024 at 21:30:02 UTC+5:30 duarte...@gmail.com wrote: > Dear all, I am writing on R. V. Pandit, especially interested in the > relation between his poems and his lesser-known activity as photographer. I > am reading S. M. Tadkodkar's booklet on him, where I gathered this info: > > "He won prizes at all India level for his photographs. He had taken > photographs of the Mahatma, for which he earned a gold medal in 1948. He > printed a calendar featuring the Mahatma after selling gold-buttons gifted > by his mother-in-law and some gold ornaments of his wife. This calendar > also brought him name and fame. Government of free and sovereign India > released his frames of the Mahatma on national postage stamps and currency > notes. But Pandit neither said his Mahatma photographs nor made ttlem his > asset for recognition as a Ga-:- Pandit in the movement for freedom of > India" > (...) > His first photograph having a caption 'Sting Tail Fish' was published in > the school magazine at Pune, which earned the first prize as well. His > first photograph titled 'A Boy on a Hill' was published on the centre page > of KODAK INDIAN MAGAZINE and continued such publication there on. He > exhibited aesthetic sense through his photography and his photographs were > published in the noted periodicals viz., THE TROPICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, THE > LENS-LIGHT COLUMNS etc. But, he never dreamt that this liking would take > him to greater heights! His name was included in 'Who's who in Indian > photography? (p. 7-9)" > > Does anyone have any indication of where I could find these photos? Any > online archives containing these digitized magazines? Any help would be > much appreciated > > All the best, > Duarte > -- > > *Duarte Drumond Braga* > > > > Investigador | Researcher > > Centro de Estudos Comparatistas | Centre for Comparative Studies > > Faculdade de Letras | School of Arts and Humanities > > Universidade de Lisboa | University of Lisbon > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1b174969-326e-46c1-ba3d-57882d78a76bn%40googlegroups.com.
