The contemporary urban in South Asia was a major focus of Sarai’s interests. Towards this end, we were committed to promoting critical research in the field, deploying varied theoretical perspectives and addressing multiple issues. In light of the fact that existing social science scholarship in the field was rather thin and theoretically unsophisticated, we felt…
Sangeet Chandu Thosar -Political Leadership of Women in Pune City: A Dalit Feminist study (1995-2007) Ipsita Sahu -Negotiating Boundaries: A comparative study of the Multiplex culture in the urban and the sub-urban space and the role of the multiplex in dissolving the urban and sub-urban boundary Agniv Ghosh -Nabababus and Their New Calcutta Rohit Prakash…
This year’s subjects included engagements with dynamics of new urbanism in Pune, historical trajectories of matrimonial classifieds, Popular music and issues of regional and gendered identities urban memories and question of representations, narratives and desires, geographies of capital and labour in Trivandrum, historical construction of goondas in context of Great Calcutta Killings of 1946 and…
In this third year, the Student Stipendship programme was further redesigned to include to more support from senior researchers at Sarai and greater public interactivity through regular postings on the urbanstudygroup list. Students were now expected to make a minimum of 5 postings on the list, outlining not only their research question but also the…
On the basis of experiences of the first cycle and feedbacks from the community of researchers in the first year, a need was felt, this year,for a preliminary workshop. Most researchers also expressed the necessity for intellectual support in terms of articles, lectures on theoretical frameworks, suggestions regarding fieldwork and archival works. A preliminary workshop…
The Student Stipendship Programme started as a part of City One Conference organised by Sarai/ CSDS in January 2003. The conference design included an innovative component for students who were offered an opportunity to attend the conference and also report on it on the Reader List and other forums. Invitation to attend the conference was…
Sarai, an interdisciplinary research and practice programme on the city and media, at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, invites applications for short term studentships to conduct research on Urban Life in South Asia. The Studentship will provide candidates with Rs.20,000 for the preparation of a research paper to be presented at…
Sarai invites applications for short term studentships to facilitate research on urban life in South Asia. Candidates may be from any discipline and should be enrolled in a Masters, M.Phil or Ph.D programme in India. You are required to send a one page abstract (indicating the scope, nature and approach of proposed research) along with…
Sarai, an interdisciplinary research and practice programme on the city and the media, at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, invites applications for short term studentships to facilitate research on Urban life in South Asia. The Studentship will provide candidates with Rs.10,000 for the preparation of a research paper to be presented…
Sarai, an interdisciplinary research and practice programme on the city and the media, at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, invites applications for short term studentships to facilitate preparation of research projects on contemporary urban life in South Asia. Applicants are asked to submit a bio data and short statement of research…