[Urban South Asia] Galleries of Life: Chawls of Mumbai

[svati shah]

looks amazing, thanks

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Shekhar Krishnan <shekhar at crit.org.in>wrote:

> Dear Friends:
>
> See the blurb below and attachment herewith on an important new book on the
> history of Mumbai, edited by Neera Adarkar.
>
> Information on how to order the book from Cambridge University Press India
> is given below, contact their New Delhi office.
>
> I hope you can forward this to friends and colleagues and place an order
> through your university library.
>
> Best,
>
>
> Shekhar
>
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>
>
> THE CHAWLS OF MUMBAI: Galleries of Life
> Edited by Neera Adarkar
>
> In the 15 chapters of this book, a diverse group of writers explores the
> unique structure of the chawl, all the while considering a complicated and
> interwoven set of themes and questions. While many of
> these questions remain unanswered, we struggle with them because, at their
> heart, they are the questions of Mumbai itself. With vacant land being
> non-existent, the demolition of the chawls is going to redefine the skyline
> of south and central Mumbai.
>
> The chawls make up around 16,000 structures, located in the heart of
> Mumbai. Yet, for many of us these structures are unfamiliar, as this city of
> extremes is often understood through only its slums and its mansions. In
> this book we have tried to trace the past, present and future of the city,
> as told through and within the chawl. These conversations are meandering and
> circular, at times overlapping and repetitive. Like a walk through the chawl
> neighbourhoods themselves, each chapter leaves the impression, ‘Haven’t I
> walked down this lane before?’ This is both intentional and unavoidable.
>
> How is the chawl defined? What makes it unique among the various building
> typologies located throughout the city? How have cultural formations emerged
> through the constraints imposed by such limited living space? These are not
> easy questions to answer, but this multi-genre book, with the help of an
> assemblage of visuals -- from floor plans, photographs and drawings to
> screenplay and cinematic representations -- attempts to consider the ways in
> which the chawl emerges as a distinct symbol of the city of Mumbai, holding
> not only the history of the city’s transformation but also its unique social
> identity.
>
> Editor:
>
> NEERA ADARKAR is an architect, urban researcher and activist, and a
> visiting faculty member of architecture and planning, Academy of
> Architecture, Mumbai. She is the co-author of One Hundred Years One Hundred
> Voices: The Millworkers of Girangaon, An Oral History which was shortlisted
> for the English Non-Fiction Crossword Hutch Book Award, 2005. She is also a
> founder trustee, Majlis Legal and Cultural Centre.
>
>
> CONTENTS and CONTRIBUTORS:
>
> Foreword
> by Charles Correa
>
> Preface and Acknowledgements
> by Neera Adarkar
>
> Overview
> by Sandeep Pendse, Neera Adarkar, Maura Finkelstein
>
> Part One: History in Context
> Neera Adarkar, Vanessa R. Caru, Colin Cunningham
>
> Part Two: Towards a Present
> Maura Finkelstein, Prasad Shetty, Vyjayanthi Rao
>
> Part Three: The Space of the Chawl
> Kaiwan Mehta, Amrit Gangar, Rupali Gupte, Rajesh Vora, Dev Benegal
>
> Part Four: Issues of Identity
> Sameera Khan, Sejal Shah, Smruti Koppikar
>
> Part Five: Personal Narratives
> Namdeo Dhasal (trans. Shanta Gokhale), Pradnya Daya Pawar (trans. Rajeev
> Kalekar), Arvind Adarkar, G.K. Ainpure (trans. Irawati Karnik)
>
>
>
> Publisher: imprintOne, New Delhi
> Pages : 176pp + 16pp colour plates + 8pp colour fold-out
> Year : 2011
> Binding : Hardback
> ISBN : 9788188861125
> Price: Indian Rupees 1,200/-
>
>
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