Archana Puran Singh recently visited her hometown of Dehradun and gave a tour of the house where she grew up. She invited us into her 75-year-old mansion, which was built by her late father, criminal lawyer Puran Singh. In addition, she visited her ancestral village, Dudhali, near Dehradun, and showed visitors around her 200-year-old family home.

Archana recalled her childhood recollections of living in the comfortable house her father had built. She posted a video of the small garden where, as she remembered, the family would eat lunch together in the winter sun. The house opens into a book-filled lobby that doubles as an indoor sitting area and library, with views of the garden beyond.