Old Family Photos

Last year my mom brought back some photos from India including many Mohlajee family photos. I took a step to preserve our history by scanning the photos and posting then on Picasa. If anyone wants to view all of them , send me an email.
Here are a few.

From left to right:Raksha(Lachaa), Bade Tayiji(Pushpa Vati), Arun(Baboo), Shashi and Prabha standing in front yard at F28 Moti Nagar. Photo taken around 1960.

Chander Shekhar and Sheila Mohlajee. Taken shortly after marriage.

First Row from left to right: Bade Tayaji(Shiv Narain), Bauji(Mohan Lal), Rajinder Goswami, Chote Tayiji(Sardani), Chachiji(Maimo), Bade Tayiji(Pushpa Vati)

Second Row from left to right: Chander Shekhar, Vinod Goswami, Rajinder's relatives???,

Dadaji(Pandit Har Narain Mohlajee) Photo taken in 1941 on his retirement

A thought from Jyoti Chachi

We received an interesting and thought provoking piece of writing from Jyoti Chachi. I reproduce her small note

"Dear MahenderBhapa ji and Chiranjeev Ajaya,

Thank you for your efforts to put together and revive the Vanshavali in the blog form. I am glad to be part of the Mohlajee family and hope that by adding to this blog Mohlajee World will get closer. There have been many strong and brave women in the family but sadly enough the old traditions kept them away from from the family tree. I hope future generation will be able to add women as the equal contributors.

Best wishes

Jyotsna Mohlajee"

It surely calls for some ways to find rewarding contributions and acknowledgements of womenfolk in MOHLAJEE CLAN.

Immediate past, present and future names could be added, i suppose. Though it's a good idea i think it may be asking for trouble as who to leave? should we add only wives or add daughters too. If so, then Vanshavali gets mixed and doesn't remain a Mohlajee Clan Vanshavali. Lets have thoughts of others too. So Mohlajee's please come forward and give your valued opinion.

postings on this blog

There was a query from Anjali

"

Hi Ajaya Bhaiya Thank you for forwarding the email to me. I wanted to ask you a few questions regarding the blog Is there a way you can add people to the ownership of the blog or make it so they can contribute? The way it is set up currently. Those of us viewing the blog can only post comments on existing blog entries. I would like to be able to post some photos or maybe even an article i wrote as a child about Papas(Mahender uncles) journey to America. Please let me know if this is possible." Yes! it is possible for all invited to do so. Allyou need to do is, send me gmail/google account of yours and i shall include in the list of authors. Thereafter you can be an active particpant.

Update for Shivani

This is my youngest son Nakula Mohlajee aged 18 years. He studies Mechanical engineering from Hyderabad.

Mail from Shivani

I am so excited today, as i produce mail received from Shivani my sister.

"Hello Ajay,

Sunny greetings from a very rainy Austria!!

This is Shivani writing to you, I am Sharda Mohlajees daughter.

My father ( V.M Kapuria ) redirected the Mohlajeeclan mail to me, I will join the blog, but first I wanted to congratulate you on having created this blog.

Who is Anjali?

Most of us are so wide apart from each other and dont even know or remember one another,so this is a great way of finding

the family and keeping in touch.

I dont have picassa, but window media, can pictures be downloaded on to the blog through that too?

Am sending you a picture of the three of us at the home of a friend last Christmas.

Please send me yours too.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Have a day of peace.

Shivani"

Shivani Anjali is Amba Mohlajee's -younger brother of my father-late Shri Chander Shekhar. I have uploaded one recent picture of my family with Uncle Mahender and Aunt Shyama. Here you see my eldest son Ashutosh and Daughter Manasvi with wife Meenu. The youngest -Nakula is missing in this pic as he was in Hyderabad sitting over his 1st year B Tech exams.

I reproduce your picture with this posting.

Ok you can participate in this blog if you have google account.

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ALL THE MOHLAJEE'S/MOHLA OF THE WORLD ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS BLOG. READ ADD AND ADD ALL THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT MOHLAJEES. FROM WHERE THEY CAME TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW AND WHERE THEY HEAD IN FUTURE.