REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN FACES AT CHUGHTAI MUSEUM; HARVARD UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGIST LOUIS DUPREE IN 1978.

REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN FACES AT CHUGHTAI MUSEUM;
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGIST LOUIS DUPREE IN 1978.

Literally thousands of people visited Chughtai Museum in last fifty years, but also hundreds of foreigners visiting us too. Record in our archives but memories in our hearts too. Louis Dupree Professor was a world famous anthropologist, and his wife Nancy, also an expert on Afghan affairs.Both husband and wife have written many books, and their expertise is obviously Afghanistan.Scratching our archives reveal many things, and surprise us too. 

It was those days that Professor Marjorie Jacobs of University of Sydney was visiting us, and extended an invitation to us to visit Sydney, Australia with a show of Chughtai Art. We also later received His Excellency the Australian ambassador in Pakistan.  

Louis Dupree was a serious worker but as a person he was jovial most of the time. His wife Nancy was totally well versed in history of Afghanistan, and we have her books in our library. Louis Dupree was at that time staying in 12-C Gulberg 2, Lahore, and left his phone with us too, that is 880751. These people were cultural experts and knew the importance of Chughtai Art in Pakistan as well as the Muslim world. They also knew his popularity in the Western world. We enriched their knowledge, they enriched ours. As our usual practice, we gifted them things on Chughtai art.  And as usual people leave our museum happier than when they came in.  

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