'At night, Gurgaon is a city of men….'

by a 28yr old Home Maker

‘छत से देखूँ तो मुझे यह शहर बहुत अच्छा लगता है।’

by a 28yr old Home Maker

‘There is ease of living here, also style…even if the streetlights don’t work’

by a 28yr old Home Maker

‘I am a successful working mom, but it's not easy juggling home and work'

by a 28yr old Home Maker

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

Voices from Gurgaon: Saveera Duggal

Voices from Gurgaon: Saveera Duggal

Voices from Gurgaon: Saveera Duggal

Voices from Gurgaon: Saveera Duggal

Saveera Duggal

Voices from Gurgaon: Sandhya

Voices from Gurgaon: Sandhya

Voices from Gurgaon: Sandhya

Voices from Gurgaon: Sandhya

Voices from Gurgaon: Sandhya

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. This website is also a resource commons for use by researchers, activists and policy practitioners.
Voices from Gurgaon  
Voices from Gurgaon: Rupal Anand

Voices from Gurgaon: Rupal Anand

Voices from Gurgaon: Rupal Anand

Voices from Gurgaon: Rupal Anand

Rupal Anand

Voices from Gurgaon: Ruchi Sawhney
Voices from Gurgaon: Ruchi Sawhney

Voices from Gurgaon: Ruchi Sawhney

Voices from Gurgaon: Ruchi Sawhney

Ruchi Sawhney

Voices from Gurgaon: Urmila Naiya
Voices from Gurgaon: Urmila Naiya

Voices from Gurgaon: Urmila Naiya

Voices from Gurgaon: Urmila Naiya

Urmila Naiya

Voices from Gurgaon: Tushar

Voices from Gurgaon: Tushar

Voices from Gurgaon: Tushar

Voices from Gurgaon: Tushar

Tushar

Voices from Gurgaon: Rabia Nizami
Voices from Gurgaon: Rabia Nizami

Voices from Gurgaon: Rabia Nizami

Voices from Gurgaon: Rabia Nizami

Rabia Nizami

Voices from Gurgaon: Priya Chowdhury

Voices from Gurgaon: Priya Chowdhury

Voices from Gurgaon: Priya Chowdhury

Voices from Gurgaon: Priya Chowdhury

Priya Chowdhury

Voices from Gurgaon: Sheetal Agarwal
Voices from Gurgaon: Sheetal Agarwal

Voices from Gurgaon: Sheetal Agarwal

Voices from Gurgaon: Sheetal Agarwal

Sheetal Agarwal

Tell us about your life in Gurgaon

हमें गुड़गाँव से जुड़ी अपनी काहानियाँ बताएं

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अपनी स्टोरी इंग्लीश या हिन्दी में शेर करें

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.

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