Nyla Ali Khan, the US-based academic, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah and biographer of her grandmother Akbar Jehan, has said that she will be donating her personal collection of photographs to archives in the United States and India. She has already shared several of her historical family photos on social media. Nyla Ali Khan made the announcement on Facebook - this is what she said:
'In addition to the irredeemable loss of lives and traumatic devastation in Kashmir, we have lost some priceless artefacts, an important part of our heritage and history. The recent floods brought home the fragility of life. So, I have decided to give my historical photograph collection to New York University (NYU), Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) in the hope that the collection will be preserved for posterity and that serious researchers will have access to it.'
Nyla Ali Khan's new book, Life of a Kashmiri Woman, will be reviewed on KashmirConnected shortly.
'In addition to the irredeemable loss of lives and traumatic devastation in Kashmir, we have lost some priceless artefacts, an important part of our heritage and history. The recent floods brought home the fragility of life. So, I have decided to give my historical photograph collection to New York University (NYU), Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) in the hope that the collection will be preserved for posterity and that serious researchers will have access to it.'
Nyla Ali Khan's new book, Life of a Kashmiri Woman, will be reviewed on KashmirConnected shortly.
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