Dennis Bughwan, proprietor of the Crown Studios, Durban. The business was originally established by his father, a well-known photographer. There were at one time eight branches under the name Crown Studios but with the implementing of the Group Areas Act these properties were lost.
Devi Bughwan, daughter of Bhoolasingh, was a broadcaster with SABC and a lecturer at Clairwood Indian High School, who became actively involved in the Crown photographic business. In 1947 she married Dennis Bughwan. In 1949 she obtained an M.A. degree in English, at that time the first Indian woman in South Africa to achieve that goal. An accomplished amateur stage actress she appeared in many productions. She also lectured for a time in English at the University of Natal.
Lovely!!! Can you touch base with me? sabbycourt@gmail.com Dennis was my granduncle! Thank you for this information.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. Unfortunately I am in the midst of a very busy phase at present and in any case can add no further details on the Bughwan family you are interested in. I am sporadically in touch with Kiran Bughwan now living in UK, grandson of Dennis and Devi. Kiran is on Facebook.
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Appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to reply. I will try and make contact on Facebook. Thanks for that bit of information.
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