From shekhar at MIT.EDU  Tue May 16 17:44:56 2006
From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 17:44:56 -0400
Subject: [Urban-Media] Depression & Wartime in Bombay
Message-ID: <446A47D8.2030304@mit.edu>

Ashish:

With regard to last week's session, I ran across an essay by Y.D. Phadke which may be useful to you 
(and to Nikhil):

Y.D. Phadke, "Impact of the Great Depression and the Second World War on Agriculture and Industry in 
the Bombay Presidency, 1929-1945" in Meera Kosambi, ed. Intersections: Socio-Cultural Trends in 
Maharashtra, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2000, pp.141-160.
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bombay/phadke_war_depression.pdf

You had also mentioned the Bombay Plan of 1944, the city industrialists' answer to the First Five 
Year Plan. Here is the full edition:

Purshottam Thakurdas, J.R.D. Tata, G.D. Birla, Ardeshir Dalal, Shri Ram, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, A.D. 
Shroff and John Matthai, A Brief Memorandum Outlining a Plan of Economic Development for India, 
London: Penguin Books, 1944.
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bombay/bombay_plan.pdf

And a critique of it from a left perspective by two prominent city economists:

P.A. Wadia and K.T. Merchant, The Bombay Plan: A Criticism, Bombay: Popular Book Depot, 1946.
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bombay/wadia_merchant_plan_criticism.pdf

Finally, there are two short studies by the Bombay School economists on the changing consumption 
habits of the urban middle classes, and the problems of price control and economic planning in 
Bombay during the Second World War:

J.J. Anjaria, D.T. Lakdawala and S.A. Pandit, War and the Middle Class: An Inquriy into the Effects 
of Wartime Inflation on Middle Class Families in Bombay City, Bombay: Padma Publications, 1946
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bombay/anjaria_war_middle_class.pdf

C.N. Vakil, J.J. Anjaria and D.T. Lakdawala, Price Control and Food Supply with Special Reference to 
Bombay City, Bombay: N.M. Tripathi & Company, 1943
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bombay/vakil_price_control.pdf


Best,


S.K.
-- 

Shekhar Krishnan
Apt.302, Edgerton House
143, Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
U.S.A.

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From shekhar at MIT.EDU  Wed May 17 13:47:27 2006
From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:47:27 -0400
Subject: [Urban-Media] Bombayology Historiographic Essay
Message-ID: <446B61AF.7080502@mit.edu>

Dear All:

I am working on a new draft of an historiographic essay which I wrote last semester, for which I 
would like to invite comments, criticism and suggestions from all of you. See 
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/papers/bombayology.pdf for the paper, which is patchy in parts as I am 
still writing it up. Please let me know what you think.

Best,


S.K.
-- 

Shekhar Krishnan
Apt.302, Edgerton House
143, Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
U.S.A.

http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar


From ashish at cscsban.org  Wed May 17 16:34:24 2006
From: ashish at cscsban.org (ashish@cscsban.org)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:34:24 -0400
Subject: [Urban-Media] Bombayology Historiographic Essay
Message-ID: <380-22006531720342448@M2W074.mail2web.com>

Shekhar - 

That's a fantastic database you have put together: thanks especially for
the Phadke essay. More shortly.

Ashish

Original Message:
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From: Shekhar Krishnan shekhar at mit.edu
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:47:27 -0400
To: urban-media at mit.edu
Subject: [Urban-Media] Bombayology Historiographic Essay


Dear All:

I am working on a new draft of an historiographic essay which I wrote last
semester, for which I 
would like to invite comments, criticism and suggestions from all of you.
See 
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/papers/bombayology.pdf for the paper, which is
patchy in parts as I am 
still writing it up. Please let me know what you think.

Best,


S.K.
-- 

Shekhar Krishnan
Apt.302, Edgerton House
143, Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
U.S.A.

http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar
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