Undaviya Vishwa Hitesh

HT4004

Remembering Famine, Cafes and Partition

The semester was divided into three module. Each module looked at city of Calcutta in a different manner. In first module I have studied the settlement pattern of destitute during famine of 1943. Second module explores various types of cafes of Calcutta during 1920. Last module comprises of selection and curation of archival content related to Bengal Partition

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Palimpsest showing squatting of migrants in the city of Calcutta

Making of the palimpsest

Archives and its representation in the map

Writing the Essay

Stereotyping Cafes of Calcutta during 1920

References and its use in making the drawing

Curating Content for Partition Museum

Selection of Content

1905 Exhibit

1947 Exhibit