List: Biography - A Century in India | Curated by The Friedel Chronicles

Oct 5, 2023
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Biography - A Century in India
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Alois — the beginningThe adventurous life of a young boy started with his fleeing from his native village in Bavaria, Germany.
Aug 19, 2018
Aug 19, 2018
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Alois: Gateway to IndiaSubtitle
Mar 11, 2021
Mar 11, 2021
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Alois: Death in the jungleAn adventurous young German (my father) described his first hunt in the jungles of India, over 100 years ago.
Mar 20, 2021
Mar 20, 2021
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Alois: Prisoner of warWhat was internship like during the first world war, Not like you might think, in British ruled India a hundred years ago.
Mar 22, 2021
Mar 22, 2021
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Alois: Deadly poisonous snakesHow a German technician in a British prisioner-of-war camp, in 1914–18, dealt with the reptiles that abounded i
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021
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Alois: PurdahA description of how, in 1914, Indian traditions and mores made even a minor dental treatment of women a challenge
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021
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Alois: The last tiger huntSitting watch over a dead tiger he developed an almost personal relationship. It was like holding a wake over the body of a friend.
Mar 28, 2021
Mar 28, 2021
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Ursula — a Catholic marriageHow a German divorcée broke religious boundaries by wedding a Portuguese-Indian lady in the early 1940s
Apr 16, 2021
Apr 16, 2021
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Life in the junglesHow a young boy of German-Portuguese-Indian descent, spent much of his childhood Mowgli-style in the Western Ghats
Jun 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021
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Alex and the pantherHow a dangerous dog protected an infant, and how he got into a fight with a full-grown leopard.
Jan 24, 2017
Jan 24, 2017
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The Katkaris and meChildhood adventures with stone-age tribals
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
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Dipalee, the girl in the jungleHow I searched for the places where I spent early youth, and how I encountered an extraordinary personality there.
Jul 10, 2016
Jul 10, 2016
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From the jungles into the MetropolisDuring early childhood, in the hill station jungle resort, it became necessary to actually attend school — in the Megacity of Bombay.
Mar 1, 2022
Mar 1, 2022
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Religion and me (1)How I was brought up in religious surroundings, and how it affected my youth and adult life
Jul 23, 2023
Jul 23, 2023
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Religion and me (2)Discussing religious questions with the experts
Sep 9, 2023
Sep 9, 2023
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How I experienced 9/11It took place far away, but oddly close by
Sep 11, 2023
Sep 11, 2023
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The Friedel ChroniclesWriting a biographical and general interest book on Medium.com
Dec 11, 2019
Dec 11, 2019