Projects 2001-2002
PRINT MEDIA FELLOWSHIPS
1. Manglesh Dabral: Shahar aur Media: Mukhyabhumi aur Hashiye (The City and Media: Mainstream and the Margins)
Reportage/Esssays on Delhi.
2. Anjali Mody: Whose City is it Anyway?
Reportage on Education, Law and Transport in select localities in Delhi.
3. Frederick Noronha: GNU/Linux in India
Reportage on the Free Software/Open Source Movement in India.
4. Akshay Mukul: Changing Identities?
Urban neighbourhoods and caste formations in Delhi.
II. INDEPENDENT FELLOWSHIPS
1. Naveen Chander: Visthapiton Ka Shahar (The City of the Dislocated)
A study of urban transformations related to the Metro in Delhi.
2. Harini Narayanan: Slums in Delhi - Demolitions & Relocation
A study of housing policy and land relations in Delhi.
3. Jagan Shah: On the Possibility of A Democratic Character for Public Space in New Delhi
A study of architectural forms along Parliament Street, Delhi.
4. Hansa Thapliyal & Vipin Bhatti: Sahibabad Sounds
A media project concerned with performative gang cultures.
5. Priya Prakash: Project MilJul: Alternative Interfaces for Mobile Phones
Interface design concerned with vernacular visual idiom for mobile phone
and pager interfaces.
6. Sarnath Bannerjee: Graphic Novel (Comic-Manga) on a City
A proposal to create a graphic novel on the city life.
7. Sharmila Rege: Dalit & Public Culture in Maharashtra
Study of popular song and dance traditions, especially Lavani, in Mumbai.
8. Achal Prabhala: Local Hero: David Dhawan's Govinda
Concerned with the mofussil aesthetic and ideology of Bollywood's enduring
popular cast.
9. Sadan Jha & Prabhas Ranjan: Shahar ke Nishan: Politics of Visual Spaces in Delhi
Reading everyaday signs of the city to decipher urban micro-politics.
10. Vandana Khare: Built Environment and Women
Study of the gendered logic of housing structures, work and public spaces.
11. Yasmeen Arif: Urban Landscapes : Publics & Public Time/Space Composites
Examine the layered spatiality and temporality of the city's old and new
landmarks.
12. Ranjana Sengupta: Changing Face of Chiragh Delhi
A study of the morphology of an urban village
13. Avishek Ganguly: Bangla Urban Folk Songs
Exploration of the Bangla urban folk/rock/pop music in contemporary Calcutta.
14. Rajendra Ravi: Rickshaw wale ki jeevan yatra: shahar tak, shahar mein
Study of the specific migrant experience of rickshawpullers in Delhi.
15. Students of the Sociology Department, Jamia Millia Islamia University : Neighbourhood Research Project
Mapping the vicinity of the Jamia Millia Islamia Campus
1. Manglesh Dabral: Shahar aur Media: Mukhyabhumi aur Hashiye (The City and Media: Mainstream and the Margins)
Reportage/Esssays on Delhi.
2. Anjali Mody: Whose City is it Anyway?
Reportage on Education, Law and Transport in select localities in Delhi.
3. Frederick Noronha: GNU/Linux in India
Reportage on the Free Software/Open Source Movement in India.
4. Akshay Mukul: Changing Identities?
Urban neighbourhoods and caste formations in Delhi.
II. INDEPENDENT FELLOWSHIPS
1. Naveen Chander: Visthapiton Ka Shahar (The City of the Dislocated)
A study of urban transformations related to the Metro in Delhi.
2. Harini Narayanan: Slums in Delhi - Demolitions & Relocation
A study of housing policy and land relations in Delhi.
3. Jagan Shah: On the Possibility of A Democratic Character for Public Space in New Delhi
A study of architectural forms along Parliament Street, Delhi.
4. Hansa Thapliyal & Vipin Bhatti: Sahibabad Sounds
A media project concerned with performative gang cultures.
5. Priya Prakash: Project MilJul: Alternative Interfaces for Mobile Phones
Interface design concerned with vernacular visual idiom for mobile phone
and pager interfaces.
6. Sarnath Bannerjee: Graphic Novel (Comic-Manga) on a City
A proposal to create a graphic novel on the city life.
7. Sharmila Rege: Dalit & Public Culture in Maharashtra
Study of popular song and dance traditions, especially Lavani, in Mumbai.
8. Achal Prabhala: Local Hero: David Dhawan's Govinda
Concerned with the mofussil aesthetic and ideology of Bollywood's enduring
popular cast.
9. Sadan Jha & Prabhas Ranjan: Shahar ke Nishan: Politics of Visual Spaces in Delhi
Reading everyaday signs of the city to decipher urban micro-politics.
10. Vandana Khare: Built Environment and Women
Study of the gendered logic of housing structures, work and public spaces.
11. Yasmeen Arif: Urban Landscapes : Publics & Public Time/Space Composites
Examine the layered spatiality and temporality of the city's old and new
landmarks.
12. Ranjana Sengupta: Changing Face of Chiragh Delhi
A study of the morphology of an urban village
13. Avishek Ganguly: Bangla Urban Folk Songs
Exploration of the Bangla urban folk/rock/pop music in contemporary Calcutta.
14. Rajendra Ravi: Rickshaw wale ki jeevan yatra: shahar tak, shahar mein
Study of the specific migrant experience of rickshawpullers in Delhi.
15. Students of the Sociology Department, Jamia Millia Islamia University : Neighbourhood Research Project
Mapping the vicinity of the Jamia Millia Islamia Campus









