The case of the vanishing Armenians

There are fewer than 100 Indian Armenians in Kolkata. They were once a prosperous community but their numbers have dwindled dradtically in half a century. Brunch brings you potraits from the past and the present.

Less than 100 Indian Armenians live in Kolkata. And unless you go looking, you will not find them.

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Mackertich Sarkies Adams, 85, and his wife Elizabeth, 77, live at The Sir Catchick Paul Chater Home for the Elderly.

Apart from its name, the Armenian Street in Burrabazaar – famous for its dyes – bears no traces of the community today