{
  "id": 943328,
  "title": "Postcards from India’s past",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/postcards-from-indias-past",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T03:20:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/postcards-from-india-s-past-101786763075353.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A collection of postcards, photographs, and other artefacts from India's independence struggle draws attention to the enduring legacy of the movement. Museo Camera, in Gurugram, hosts an archive of press photographer Kulwant Roy, showcasing candid shots of national leaders and common citizens between the 1930s and 1960s. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, freedom fighter Anand T Hingorani's archive is up for auction, featuring personal correspondence, Gandhi's watch, and photographs by Kanu Gandhi and Dady Rustom Dossabhoy Wadia. In New Delhi, the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (TRIS) showcases an extensive exhibit, including silver gelatin prints by Henri Cartier-Bresson, film posters, paintings, and newspaper clippings from pre-independence India to the years following. Each collection contributes to the narrative of India's birth as a nation, capturing the optimism and progress of the time, even as some events, such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the Partition Riots of 1947, remain unseen in the images. These visual representations of the freedom fighters and leaders, often accompanied by Hindu mythological iconography, spread the message of independence far and wide, aided by advancements in printing and photography.",
  "summary": "From Gandhi and Bhagat Singh to workers building a new India, photographs and archives reveal how images shaped the visual story of Independence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "These archival collections highlight the profound impact of India's independence struggle on the nation's visual identity and narrative, weaving together historical events, cultural iconography, and personal stories.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}