Family connections
Here are some selected family photographs from around 2006 followed by some from 2013, then some from 2015. Another special occasion ( David's 80th) can be found here . More recently Some of the photos will enlarge when the mouse is over them.
To see some views from one of our trips to the source of the Ganges in the Himalayas then go to Gangotri.
For some spectacular views of western USA then go to US Trip and for photos of the Mongolian steppes click on Mongolia
These are older family photos from 2002-6
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Grandkids, Holly and Max, watching the 2006 World Cup soccer, which mostly took place late at night downunder |
Visiting Santa with mum, Tina |
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Family group in her Burdwan house An old family friend, Nila, has her back to the camera
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L to R, sister-in-law, Kuntala, two friends, her niece, Gulli, son Guttu and younger niece, Guddi. |
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Elder son, Chottu (Ovisek Lahiri) |
Guddi, Guttu and David, who is enjoying some beer off the pilgrim track |
With brother Beno (named after the much-admired test cricketer, Richie Benaud. Benaud captained Australia against India in India in 1959-60) and nephew, Piklu. The older nephew, Ranji (also named after a cricketer), is, sadly, autistic. |
Kuntala's mother, Jamuna Bhattacharyya at the Durga puja in Canberra. She was an accomplished singer, well-known in her younger days |
After the Hon. DSc ceremony; flanked by the Vice Chancellor and Chancellor of Newcastle University with Prof Howard Bridgman, a long time collaborator, on the right | With Kuntala, who flew in some discomfort from India with her recently broken foot in a plaster cast. |
With son, Michael, and Tracey - blinded by the sun outside our house | Sailing Michael's yacht on the Hawkesbury River, just north of Sydney. |
Breakfast at Cheshire home of old school friend, Gordon Heys. |
On the Equator in E Kalimantan - see the dotted line! | Confirmed by the GPS reading |
Some more recent family photos ~ 2010-12
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Kuntala's older son, Ovisek, with wife, Krishna and daughter, Oishi | Kuntala with Ovisek, Krishna and Krishna's father |
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David's grandkids, Holly and Max by the Parramatta River, Sydney | Max on the attack - a budding international? |
Current photos
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Kuntala's older son, Ovisek, with wife, Krishna and daughter, Oishi | Kuntala with Ovisek, Krishna and Krishna's father |