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Gurgaon
The city you know and the city you want to make

हमारे प्रोजेक्ट के बारे में और जानें

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Our Research

Our research is a UK-India collaboration that aims to analyse the rapid urbanization of Gurgaon from the point of view of women and their everyday life. Urban change does not just mean a new, modern landscape of highways, buildings and malls. It also involves transformation in people’s aspirations, identities and experiences. Even as new opportunities arise, new pressures, dangers and anxieties also affect the lives of people. In our project we want to pay attention to how women experience these changes in all areas of public and private life.

Gurgaon Diaries

Women's Gurgaon

A documentary by Dr Rangan Chakravarty, Arjun Gourisaria and Mayurakshi Banerjee.

Women's Gurgaon

A documentary by Dr Rangan Chakravarty, Arjun Gourisaria and Mayurakshi Banerjee.

Women's Gurgaon Documentary

Voices from Gurgaon: Inspector Suman

Inspector Suman, Women's Police Station

Voices from Gurgaon: Inspector Suman

Voices from Gurgaon: Inspector Suman

Inspector Suman, Women's Police Station

Our project aims to listen to women in Gurgaon and provide a space for them on this website to represent their own voices. We seek to create an open archive of the city, recording and presenting Gurgaon women’s stories in their own words, without any analytical commentary on our part.

Voices from Gurgaon

Voices from Gurgaon: Amrita Laljee

Amrita Laljee, Theatre Artist

Voices from Gurgaon: Amrita Laljee

Voices from Gurgaon: Amrita Laljee

Amrita Laljee

Voices from Gurgaon: Shalu Johar Saahni

Voices from Gurgaon: Shalu Johar Saahni

Voices from Gurgaon: Shalu Johar Saahni

Shalu Johar Saahni, Entrepreneur & Social Worker

Shalu Johar Saahni

Voices from Gurgaon: Navita

Voices from Gurgaon: Navita

Navita, Garment Factory Worker

Navita, Garment Factory Worker

Navita

Voices from Gurgaon: Sayuj Sharma

Sayuj Sharma, School Teacher

Voices from Gurgaon: Sayuj Sharma

Sayuj Sharma, School Teacher

Sayuj Sharma

Voices from Gurgaon: Priti Kapasi

Voices from Gurgaon: Priti Kapasi

Priti Kapasi, Entrepreneur

Priti Kapasi, Entrepreneur

Priti Kapasi

Voices from Gurgaon: Suman and Kalavati

Suman and Kalavati, Domestic Workers

Voices from Gurgaon: Suman and Kalavati

Suman and Kalavati, Domestic Workers

Suman and Kalavati

Voices from Gurgaon: Deepika Srivastavva

Voices from Gurgaon: Deepika Srivastavva

Deepika Srivastavva, Corporate Professional, now Entrepreneur

Deepika Srivastavva, Corporate Professional, now Entrepreneur

Deepika Srivastavva

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Gurgaon Diaries

Stories, films, postcards and commentaries on Women's Gurgaon

About Us

This research project is principally based at the University of Cambridge, UK, and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of UK. We are a team of sociologists, anthropologists, historians and filmmakers spread across Cambridge, Oxford, Kolkata, Delhi and Gurgaon working together to study women’s lives in Gurgaon.