One of the important functions of the Centre since its
inception was to engage itself in continuous dialogue with academicians,
policy makers, activists and others through the forum of Seminars/
Conferences/ Workshops etc. The role of the Centre was either to organize
such Seminars etc. itself or in collaboration with others, or encourage
Faculty participation in seminars/workshops/conferences organised by
others.
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Disability and Gender
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Adoption and Minority Laws
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Consultation on Curriculum Development
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Women and Migration
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Re-presenting Indian Women: 1875 to 1947, A Visual Documentary
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Dr. Marie Percot (Associated with Urban Anthropology Laboratory,
National Council for Scientific Research, Paris) delivered a talk on
‘Malayali Nurses Abroad: Between Migration Tradition, Family
Strategies and Individual Aspirations’ on 4 February, 2009
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Dr. Anupama Rao (Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia
University) delivered a talk on “The Biopolitics of Caste" on 14
January, 2009
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Prof. Uma Chakravarti (Historian and Former J.P Naik Fellow)
delivered a talk on ‘Gendering Transitions: Sexuality and the
Reification of Women in Early India’ on 3 December, 2008
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Prof. Erica Burman (Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies,
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) delivered a talk on ‘Between
Justice and Pathologisation: Juxtapositions of Epistemic and
Material Violence in Transnational Migration and Domestic Violence
Research’ on 14th November 2008
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Prof. Tani E. Barlow
(Department
of History, Rice University) delivered a talk on ‘Addressing
an Enigma - The Modern Girl Project: Problems and Solutions' on 4th
August 2008
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Dr. Kanchana Natarajan (Faculty, Department of Philosophy,
University of Delhi) delivered a talk on ‘Avudai Akka , A Study of
Advaita Vedanta from the point of view of a Female Seer’ on 25th
April 2008
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Ms. Snigdha Singh, (Senior Lecturer, Miranda House, University of
Delhi) delivered a lecture on ‘Evidence of Patronage and Matronage
at an Early Stupa’ on 4th April 2008
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Dr. J. Devika, (Faculty, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum)
delivered a lecture on “A Tactful Union”: Domestic Workers’
Unionism, Politics, and Citizenship in Kerala? on February 29, 2008
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Dr. Geetanjali Gangoli (School for Policy Studies, Bristol)
delivered a lecture on ‘Forced Marriage in the U.K. – Religious,
Cultural or State Violence on 5th December 2007
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Prof. Patricia Jeffery (Professor of Sociology, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland) delivered a lecture on ‘Gender and
Pharmaceuticals: The Case of Intrapartum Oxytocin’ on 26th
September 2007
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Dr. Zhang Hong (Visiting Scholar, Centre for Women’s Development
Studies and Associate Professor of History in Dalian University,
China) delivered a lecture on ‘Women and Nationalism: A
Historiographical Study of Indian Women’s History since 1970s’ on 10th
September 2007
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Dr. D. Raghunandan (General Secretary, Delhi Science Forum)
delivered a lecture on ‘Climate Change: Politics and Sciences’
on 30th August 2007
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Dr. K.P. Kannan (Member, National Commission for Enterprises in the
Unorganised Sector) delivered a lecture on ‘Social Security for the
Unprotected Workers: Issues and Impediments’ on 11th
April 2007
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Dr. K.P. Kannan (Member, National Commission for Enterprises in the
Unorganised Sector) delivered a lecture on ‘Social Security for the
Unprotected Workers: Issues and Impediments’ on 11th
April 2007
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‘The Failure of Patriarchy: Men, Women and Servitude in Kolkata’ by
Raka Ray, Sarah Kailath Chair in India Studies & Associate
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California,
Berkeley, March 21, 2007
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The West Bengal Predicament in Singur and Nandigram’
by Prof. Sumit Sarkar, Formerly Professor,
Delhi University and Prof. Tanika Sarkar, Professor, Jawaharlal
Nehru University on January 17, 2007
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The Pleasures of Domesticity: Renovations and Recycling by Rosemary
Marangoly George, Professor, Literature Department, University of
California, San Diego, 7 December 2006
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Screening of and discussion on the Documentary Film titled, “Delhi
–Mumbai-Delhi” by Saba Dewan, Film Maker, A -19 Gulmohur Park, New
Delhi - 49 on October 2006
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Gender Issues in the Software Outsourcing Industry: Control,
Individualisation, and ‘Empowerment’ by Carol Upadhya, Fellow,
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 7 September 2006
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Provincialising Gender? Women qua Women in Late Colonial India by
Mrinalini Sinha, Professor, Department of History, Penn State
University, 17 August 2006
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A World
in Transition: New Challenges for Gender Justice
An international conference was organized in collaboration with G ADNET
(Gender and Development Network, Sweden) during 13-15 December 2006, with
financial support from SIDA/ SAREC. While international in perspective,
this conference drew especially from participants in India, South and
South-East Asia. As the title suggests, the Conference aimed to explore the
complex underpinnings of gender justice from different perspectives and
locations.
The Conference had six sub-themes, initiated by a total of nine keynote
speakers, with each of the sub-themes organized by facilitators and
moderators. The sub-themes were:
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Political Restructuring and Gender Justice: Citizenship and
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Gender Justice, Violence and Conflict |
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Body Politics, Sexuality and Rights |
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Globalisation, Gender and Livelihoods |
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Culture, Media and Identity Politics |
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It would not be possible to summarize all the papers that were presented.
The keynote presentations – from India, Sweden, Mexico, South Korea and Sri
Lanka – bro ught
genuinely global perspectives to the issues at stake, and provided the
parameters for subsequent discussions. The papers in the sub-theme on
political restructuring dealt with shifts in the relationships between the
state and civil society, and their consequences for political
interventions. The second theme on violence and conflict had presentations
drawing from issues of atrocity, domestic violence, sex work and
international law. A running theme of the papers in the third on sexuality
session, whether from India, Taiwan, Mexico or Peru was engagement with the
stranglehold of the patriarchal family, whether the focus was on
heteronormativity, virginity testing, disabled femininity, concubinage,
reproductive health or HIV/AIDS. Paper presenters in the fourth theme on
globalization and livelihoods approached their subject matter from a range
of perspectives and different levels of analysis, both at the micro and
macro levels. The fifth theme had three papers dealing with different
aspects of Muslim identity (in India, Nigeria and Malaysia), and two papers
on shifts in the news media and popular cinema. The last sub-theme on
feminist knowledge production brought a comparative and cross-cultural
perspective in many of the presentations, while others dwelt more
specifically on critiques of specific disciplines and institutions, pointing
to the heterogeneity in the organizations and locations from which research
on women’s issues is being generated today.

Disability
and Gender
Persons with disabilities are amongst the
most disempowered groups. They are
constantly faced with discrimination and are
subjected to neglect, prejudice, revulsion,
rejection and pity. They face economic,
educational, architectural, legal and health
barriers, which prevent them from leading a
fulfilling life and achieving their full
potential. Women with disabilities face
violations of their rights at every level.
They are considered a financial burden a nd
social liability by their families, denied
opportunities to movement outside the home
and access to education, viewed as asexual,
helpless and dependant, live with high
levels of vulnerability, their aspirations
for marriage and parenthood often denied.
The rise of the disability movement in different parts of the world and the
proactive role of the United Nations since the 1970s has moved the issue of
disability from the realm of charity and welfare to that of rights and
entitlements. In that spirit India passed the landmark ‘Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full
Participation) Act in 1995 mandating a range of policy initiatives for
persons with disabilities in the fields of health, accessibility education,
employment and social security. In this scenario, India’s signing of the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 1st October 2007 is
a significant event, the meaning and implications of which will unravel in
the coming years.
In the light of the above, the Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS),
New Delhi decided to jointly organise a two-day conference on gender,
disability and society with the Women’s Studies and Development Centre (WSDC)
of Delhi University. The conference was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor
of Delhi University Professor Deepak Pental who appreciated the
collaborative effort between the WSDC and CWDS. The inaugural f unction
was also addressed by the Director of CWDS, the Director of WSDC Professor
Vibha Chaturvedi and the Conference Co-ordinator Dr. Renu Addlakha. 18
original papers were presented, spread over eight sessions. Over 250
participants from different university departments and NGOs attended the
conference. Student participation from both undergraduate and postgraduate
levels was substantial.
In order to make the conference accessible to persons with different kinds
of disabilities, documentary material was made available in Braille for
visually challenged participants and sign interpretation was provided
throughout the conference for the benefit of persons with hearing
impairment.
The conference sought to engage with the concept of disability from a
variety of disciplinary positions, socio-cultural contexts and subjective
experiences. Each of the papers addressed disability in relation to Indian
realities, bringing a strong gender perspective. While in some papers gender
was the principal focus (Bhargavi Davar, Amita Dhanda, Asha Hans and
colleagues, Anita Ghai and Rachna Johri, Nandini Ghosh. Nilika Mehrotra and
Shubhangi Vaidya), others engendered their analysis in novel ways. For
instance, Upali Chakravarti examined family caregiving and Michele Friedner
mapped transnational discursive flows through a gendered lens. Shilpaa Anand
deconstructed notions of disability in colonial discourses and how they can
be analysed from a gender perspective. In a more contemporary vein,
Gajendranath Karna and Jagdish Chander engendered their analysis of the
disability movement and the discipline of disability studies in India
respectively. Jeeja Ghosh and Vandana Chaudhry looked at grassroot
empowerment modalities with a particular focus on women with disabilities.
Disability is no longer confined to a limited number of physical, sensory,
psychosocial and communicative limitations with negative social
consequences. Th e
disability paradigm has emerged as an analytical tool that can be used to
analyse a range of biological and social conditions. Surabhi Tandon Mehrotra
constructed the life histories of women affected by leprosy showing the
interface between personal experience, family dynamics, institutionalisation
and ‘cure’ through a revolutionary multi-drug treatment regime that has made
it possible to eliminate leprosy. From another perspective, Sabiha Hussain
looked at the ongoing social suffering of a woman having to bear the stigma
of infertility. Focussing on the interface between psychosocial and physical
disabilities, Renu Addlakha examined the emerging paradigm of disability,
interrogating notions of deviance, difference and diversity.

Adoption and Minority
Laws
A Workshop on Adoption and Minority Laws was held 9-10th February
2009 in collaboration with the Centre for Minority and Dalit Studies at
Jamia Millia Islamia.
The issue of the adoption of children and, more specifically, the
adoption laws for religious minorities (particularly Muslims) have occupied
a marginal position in our rights discourse as well as in women studies and
the women’s movement in India. The existing laws on adoption deny adoption
rights to members of religious minorities. The Guardianship and Ward Act,
1890 that governs adoption related issues for minorities in India only
allows for guardianship. The personal law of Muslims in India does not allow
for adoption, though Section 3 of the Shariat Act recognizes adoption
amongst certain Muslim communities. However, the complexity of the
situation regarding the existence of religious based personal laws (under
which questions of adoption and guardianship come) in the Indian context are
heightened in a situation where even Christians and other minority religious
groups are unable to adopt in India.
This National Seminar was organized to discuss issues related to adoption
laws and practices in general, and to the laws and practices applicable to
minorities in particular. The Keynote Address was delivered by Justice
Rajinder Sachar who noted the lack of attention given to questions of
adoption and the need for a secular response to an unjust situation. The
following session offered different perspectives on adoption law – within
Muslim law (Asghar Ali Engineer), Christian law (Chiramal Jos), the Bahai
perspective (A.K. Merchant) and Jain widows’ right to adopt (Manisha Sethi).
The afternoon session opened up different issues, contradictions and
possibilities in the existing laws and Acts focussing on possible
alternatives to adoption laws (Kirti Singh), Minority views on adoption laws
(Atiyab Siddiqui), Adoption in the Shariat Act (Kahkashan Danyal), the
Guardianship and Ward Act, Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act; and finally
the Juvenile Justice Act and its implications for minorities (Jagdeep
Kishore). The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act was
amended in 2006 to allow non-Hindus to adopt, but it remains unclear if
Muslim personal law, which does not permit adoption, would lend it support.
The final session of the first day concluded with discussions of possible
amendments by Yogesh Mehta and Jyotsna Chatterjee.
The first session of the second day focussed on the Convention on Child
Rights and its relationship to questions of Adoption (Razia Ismail), given
that India is a signatory to the UN CRC, according to which a child deprived
of parental care is entitled to protection and assistance from the state.
Other social perspectives on adoption were provided by Shabnam Hashmi and
Amod Kanth.
Another emerging context for considering adoption is that of
infertility and the growing spread of Artificial Reproductive Technologies.
The possible role of adoption in this context was addressed by Imrana Qadeer
and the SAMA Team.
The final session on agencies and institutions was addressed by Vineeta
Bhargava, including critiques of adoption Guidelines by Suneeta Swach, CARA
and Tarini Bahadur, PALNA. The workshop as a whole concluded with a general
discussion on the way forward and the need to build a stronger forum around
adoption rights.
The workshop was coordinated by Sabiha Hussain, currently on leave from the
Centre

Consultation on Curriculum Development
Mary John organized a Curriculum Development Consultation, 11-12 January
2008, at the YWCA, New Delhi.
The curriculum development consultation brought together about 30 teachers
located in different institutional contexts, all involved in the teaching of
women’s studies. The institutions represented included the School of
Women’s Studies at Jadavpur University Kolkata, the M.G.A. Hindi University
at Wardha, the Department of Women’s Studies at Calicut University, the
Women’s Studies and Development Centre, Delhi University, Women’s studies
Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, the Women’s Studies Programme at JNU,
faculty from IGNOU, the Centre for Development Studies Trivandrum, Madras
Institute of Development Studies Chennai, Anveshi Research Centre for
Women’s Studies Hyderabad, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society
Bangalore, and NALSAR Hyderabad.
The consultation took the form of short presentations and a sharing of
experiences and curricula. As the members present discovered, in the space
of about a decade, many centres have begun teaching full-fledged courses in
women’s studies. While many of these take the form of a paper or component
of a larger course, what is distinctive today, compared to the past, is the
presence of full-fledged degree courses in women’s studies, both at the
M.Phil. and M.A. levels. There was considerable discussion on the history of
such courses, differences of approach, and problems faced, including
different perspectives on the pros and cons of offering full-fledged
courses. There was also discussion on the different levels where such
courses can be offered, beginning at the under graduate level and the
difference this makes. An interesting and knotty area turned on the issue
of inter-disciplinarity and multi-disciplinarity. Many women’s studies
courses have in fact emerged in institutional contexts where a particular
discipline played a formative role – such as literature, sociology or
economics.
Discussion also focussed on the student – what kind of student is interested
in taking a women’s studies course as a degree? Is it seen as a soft
option? Are differences emerging between metropolitan contexts where
women’s studies has become more familiar compared to locations where it is
still relatively unknown?
The discussions as well as the curricula gathered in the course of the
consultation will feed into the Centre’s plans of developing their own
teaching programme. The consultation was supported by a grant from the Sir
Ratan Tata Trust.

Women and Migration
A National Seminar on Women and Migration was organised on 19th-20th
September, 2007. It was supported by the National Commission for Women.
Overview presentations highlighted the fact that Census and NSSO data on
migration have been unable to capture the magnitudes or trends in women’s
migration. Systematic studies of women’s labour migration are needed. Field
observations indicated increasing levels of migration and brought out
new features of contemporary migration: increasing incidence of women
travelling – on their own or in groups – to find work, greater willingness
of many to travel long distances for short-term work or even without the
promise of any work, mass migrations from certain areas, and even daily
commuting across large distances. These showed that while some migration is
demand-driven, a substantial part is distress-led, driven by the agrarian
crisis and poor rural employment generation. A strong tendency to
exclusionary urban growth has developed with negative approaches to
migration, and also an elitist attempt at sanitization of the issue.
Further, our public service delivery is residence based, requiring proof of
residence at every point. This affects access of short-term migrants to food
from the Public Distribution System, and other public facilities. Migrant
workers need to be factored into the ongoing proposals and discussions
regarding legislation for social security and regulation of conditions of
work in the unorganized sector.
Discussions covering the rural context, the urban landscape and sectors of
migrant labour concentration highlighted the fact that the way female labour
migration fits into circuits of migration has to do with nature of labour
demand, cost and discipline. Little is known about how industry interacts
with regionally variant social structures in the formation of labour markets
and shaping migration patterns. Despite references in migration literature
to ‘women left behind’ little is known about their experiences. There is a
need to address i ssues
of social dislocation caused by such migration, for families left behind,
for families of migrant women with young children, for care of the young,
the old and the sick, for daily survival of households left behind with
uncertain remittance income as well as for return migrants.
Regional issues were covered in a variety of presentations. These focused on
statistical trends, on particular sectors such as brick kiln migrants at
source and destination, seasonal agricultural migration, intra-state
migration and its different streams and, inner conflicts and tensions, slum
dwellers, domestic workers and nurses. There was a focus on tribal women’s
experiences and issues, both in a special session on tribal women’s
migration as well as in other presentations.
Social linkages were drawn out in a special session. Long distance migration
for marriage in Haryana, particularly the bringing of brides from far
eastern states highlighted the fact that in the process of globalization,
there has been a restructuring of not just economic institutions, but also
in social institutions. However to address these women as ‘purchased’ or
‘bought’ wives is degrading, and there is a real need to be more aware and
vigilant about the kind of language that media or even activists use.
Isolation and lack of social status and rights in such marriage relations
need to be carefully studied and addressed. The invisibility of gender in
displacement and resettlement and rehabilitation emerged as a serious
concern. Women are subsumed within the family and are ignored for
rehabilitation purposes even though displacement-induced migration often
leads to women losing livelihoods.
The seminar concluded with a panel discussion where speakers pointed out
that loss of political voice and voting rights occur because of exclusion
from voters’ lists, or being away when the voting is actually taking place
for elections at all levels: national, s tate
assembly, panchayat elections, also inhibiting active participation in gram
sabhas. Of special concern was the issue of migrant and other unorganized
workers in the bill tabled by Government on social security for unorganized
sector workers. Discussions highlighted the need for a critical review of
the different constituent elements of citizenship viz., civil, political,
social and cultural, and the corresponding structures of the state and
policies of the state. Laws, political practices and social
policies—especially since the 1990s-- have been marking out, externalizing
and criminalizing the outsider, tending to make migration a process of
progressive deprivation, dispossession and disenfranchisement.
Co-ordinators: Indu Agnihotri, Indrani Mazumdar, Anupama Roy, Sabiha Hussain
and Sreelekha

Re-presenting Indian Women: 1875 to 1947, A Visual Documentary
Exhibition at Lucknow, Shillong, Guwahati and Bhubaneshwar
In
February 2008, the exhibition travelled to Lucknow for the IAWS session
followed by displays at Shillong under the auspices of the North east
Regional Institu te
of NCERT, Guwahati at Kalakshetra in collaboration with North-east Network (NEN)
and Bhubaneshwar, again under the auspices of NCERT. At a conservative
estimate, at least 1000 persons saw the exhibition, a number of them being
from our target audience, school and college students. On balance,
participating in the planning, organizing and display has been an empowering
experience for all those who are now involved with Re-presenting Indian
Women. In all four places, the exhibition received considerable
publicity in both the print and visual media, adding to our substantial
portfolio of press clippings ever since we started out in 2001.
Re-presenting Indian Women has now had twenty showings, with invitations
for more trips during 2008-09.
Exhibition at Mussoorie, Dehradun, Bhopal, Panipat, Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Mysore,
Madurai, Pondicherry and Chennai
The travelling display Re-presenting Indian Women: 1875 to 1947, A Visual
Documentary visited 10 venues. The traveling exhibition and seminar were
made possible by a special grant from the ICSSR commemorating 150 years of
the first War of Independence of 1857. The exhibition celebrated
Independence day at Hanifl Center, Woodstock
School, Muss oorie,
inaugurated by actor Tom Alter. The next
day saw several high school students and staff members visiting the Center
set among stately deodars. A senior history teacher decided to hold his
class at the display, firing pertinent questions at his students! Coming
down the mountain to Mahadevi Kanya Pathshala, Dehra Dun was an experience
of a different kind. In her inaugural speech on August 18, Nayantara Sahgal
said that she was indeed happy to be at the display as it aptly commemorated
her mother Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s birthday on that day. The event attracted
school and college students as well as senior citizens. A number of students
– including a few from Welham Girls school - commented that they would like
to do similar projects.
In Bhopal (November 14 -15) the display was held at
Kala Parishad under the aegis of the Regional Institute of Education, NCERT.
It was inaugurated by the governor, Shri Balram Jakhar and the chief guest
on that occasion was the Minister of Women and Child Welfare, Susri Kusum
Mahadele. The display proved to be hugely popular with all students – boys
and girls - of Bhopal-based Central Schools. It was at this venue that, for
the first time, the Hindi panels were displayed. These are the translations
of all introductory panels, and needless to add, they proved to be of
immense help and aid to majority of the students and other viewers.
The exhibition was held at Panipat’s Bal Vikas Progressive School on 8th
and 9th December and was inaugurated by Mr H. K. Dua,
Editor-in-Chief of the Chandigarh-based
The Tribune. Other than the students of this school, the display was
viewed by media students from Panipat colleges as well as students from
Kurukshetra University.
In Mumbai (January 19-20) the exhibition was held in the Bombay University’s
Kalina campus. It was organised by the Department of Sociology and Indian
Association of Women’s Studies. The eminent actor, Rohini Hattangady was
present to inaugurate the display. It was part of the IAWS workshop on
‘Archiving Women’s Lives: Perspectives and Techniques’ at which Dr Karlekar
presented ‘Curating a Visual Documentary on Women through Archival
Photographs’. This audio-visual was followed by a discussion on problems and
challenges faced in the process of collecting photos and also on issues of
techniques regarding preservation and dissemination.
The display then moved to University of Hyderabad’s Sarojini Naidu’s School
of Performing Arts, Fine Arts and Communication’ (27-30 January). The chief
guest was Prof Meenakshi Mukherjee and Prof Rama Melkote of ‘Anveshi’ was
the guest of honour and the next day the Vice Chancellor of the University
came to see the exhibition. Students and faculty– as well as visiting
Swedish students - from all disciplines were interested visitors.
The exhibition travelled to Mysore (6-7 February) next under the aegis of
the Regional Institute of Education, NCERT. Chief guest Smt Rameshwari Varma
spoke about the role of women’s studies in India, and T. S. Satyan, the
legendary photo journalist, i naugurated the display. The hall was full of
school students, so much so that the hours had to be extended.
The display then moved on to Tamil Nadu, first to the historic Lady Doak
College, Madurai (12-13 February). It was organized by the college’s Centre
for Women’s Studies and was inaugurated by the Principal of the college, Dr
Nirmala Jeyaraj. Fifteen student docents
were initiated in methods to help other students appreciate the display.
Their assistance was of immense value as the majority of the viewers were
more at home in Tamil. In all 1400 students from Madurai came to see the
exhibition. An interactive session with a select group of students also
helped to bring some issues out in the open.
As Prof. Sachindanda Mohany of the University of Hyderabad had introduced
the exhibition to Mr. Lalit Verma, owner and curator of Aurodhan Art
Gallery, Pondicherry, it was possible to squeeze in a two-day showing on
15-16 February, 2007 at the Gallery. It was inaugurated by the French
Consul-General, Mme Joelle Rayet. Here the cognoscenti of the town and of
Auroville visited the exhibition and were particularly pleased to see the
photograph of the lady in whose home Sri Aurobindo was born!
DakshinaChitra on the outskirts of Chennai – where the display was mo unted
in the three rooms of the Art Gallery – was the longest stop on this tour
February 17-25. This was at the specific request of the organizers who felt
that it would tie in well with their other programmes. It was inaugurated by
the actor-director Revathy, and as the day (February 17) was also the Board
Meeting of DakshinaChitra, some members were also present. On February 19,
the workshop on `Archiving the Visual’ was held in the seminar room; apart
from CWDS’ invitees, DakshinaChitra too had invited interested people and
the ICSSR was represented by Shri. R.P. Prasad.

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