Tapti Roy

Historian, Publisher and Editor of a Blog that collects real life stories from across the world.

[Tapti Roy @RoyTapti]

Long Live Life! The Mantra that you bring back from Mexico...
https://t.co/PYwcQqoR6a
#Mexico #TravelTales #VisitMexico #FridaKahlo #LuisBarragan #PastConnect #Journey #Memories #Journey

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A journey, an exploration, and many wonderful memories comprises this account of travel, not the usual:
https://t.co/as7OjHVTi3 #Pastconnect #Belgrade #PersonalStory #Memoir #Travel #VisitSerbia #ArchivingMemories #HistoryasStories #TellingHistory

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Family stories are often difficult to distinguish from family myths. Similar motifs and familiar tropes are woven into many histories and become significant when latched on to real events as in this account:
https://t.co/GP2RuG9dWu @Murshidabad @Familyhistories @PersonalStories

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Gabriele Reifenberg, born in Germany, settled in the UK, a practising Buddhist, travels to Ladakh. And thus the yarn is spun, many stories interwoven to a beautiful design.
https://t.co/CMSPteXUYE @Connectedpasts @TraveltoLadakh @Memories @PersonalStories

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Judy found life, love and much more in Australia ending with a PhD when she was past 80. An account of happiness and happenstance in this brilliant memoir
https://t.co/ID9LYugVYv
https://t.co/7C8mAUCGn7 is a site that joins people through stories. Share yours and reach out.

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@TFletcher Look where UK is now. What a shame!

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Ruth Bradbury wrote this story 6 years ago when she was 99. She was 23 in the first picture when she married. Recently, she turned 105 which makes her story very special!
https://t.co/QvF5sCQBq0 @Pastconnect @Familyhistory @Cambourne @Personalhistory @Lifestory

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@ParamaChaudhury You already gone?

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It was another July in 2017 when Irina Lebedeva recollected her love and romance in India in these 2 stories:
https://t.co/H9QIDmh22C
https://t.co/pOkI0LOR0j #Romance #Oralhistory #Connectedpasts #Travel #Memoirs #Memories #FamilyHistory #Personalhistory #Lifestory

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An evocative account by an adoring daughter of an extraordinary father. Seen here with Indira Gandhi.
https://t.co/Qi9wZprlNR
#father#oralhistory #memoir #connectedpasts #familyhistory #archivingmemory #personalhistory #lifestory #bureaucrats

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After the wedding, it was customary to get a studio photograph where the man was dressed in his uniform and the woman as his demure bride. An emotional tribute:
https://t.co/hWwgVH6Gse
#familyhistory #Connectedpasts #Memoirs #Grandmother #oralhistory #personalhistory

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So often Grandmom replaces mother in that special place in one's memory. This has been reclaimed and shared with love. https://t.co/ZIKaLMU3JF #Grandmother #familyhistory #Connectedpasts #lifestory #Archivingmemories #migration #oralhistory

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@tanushreepodder Yes it does at all times

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Tales that a mother shares with her son with pride tinged with the sadness of loss. One of the many partition stories but this is specially celebrated:
https://t.co/mO7PsowC0B #motherstales #personalhistory #oralhistory #lifestory #Connectedpasts #Archivinghistory

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Here was a Mother who had weathered several storms shielding and nurturing her family through it all with love. This is her granddaughter's tribute to her Nan
https://t.co/mOonnpdQug

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One of the most poignant memories of war and also the first of the many tributes to extraordinary mothers on the Blog:
https://t.co/ecQ89g8YVQ #mother #pastconnect#oralhistory#archivingmemories #warstories #latviantales #tributetomothers #lifestory #memoir #memoriesandhistory

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"Singing is glorious," she says, putting together the cobble stones that paved her journey towards happiness and hope:
https://t.co/qVstzI2opa
#memoirs #connectedpasts #lifestory #personalhistory#oralhistory

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Social displacement, a maverick physician, persisting traditions turn all into a fascinating account by a modern visitor- 126th story:
https://t.co/CthU3LOd6Q #Familyhistory #ConnectedPasts #Archivingmemories #Oralhistory #Memoirs #Familyhistory #Memoriesandhistory

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

The danger is that if we invest too much in developing Al and too little in developing human consciousness, the very sophisticated artificial intelligence of computers might only serve to empower the natural stupidity of humans.

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@mmvp2005 @PMOIndia @dpradhanbjp My questions too!