Not everything in the Archive belonged to distant decades. Contemporary items sang loud too: email printouts transcribed into paper, artisanal zines chronicling neighborhood fights, and the torn flyers of activist groups. Gomov insisted the present would be the past in another twenty years, fragile and strange if left uncollected. “Memory,” he said, “is a tax you pay later. I collect the receipts.”
Many archives in India are transitioning to digital formats to ensure long-term accessibility. This includes projects by the Ministry of Culture to digitize and conserve manuscript collections. Gomov India Archive
I. Mission and Overview