This module brought along truck loads of confusion too. And amusingly, this time it was not just the students who were confused, the teachers were equally caught up in the 'Macro-Micro' confusion.
So after a lot of chit-chat amongst themselves, we received a final briefing and got going!
While all the other groups chose different lanes of Hauz Khas Village as their Macro, our group chose the Aurobindo Market as its Macro. Not too far from the Village, it also is a part of Hauz Khas. If you may ask the reason, we thought that this market had greater possibilities of gaining research material and learning experience.
We started with first exploring all the lanes, shops, stores, and particularly the small 'thelas' of that market. And that made us realize what a wise decision we took by choosing the Aurobindo Market as our main area. Then we later started interviewing people, asking them about when did the market start, how long have they been working there, and other similar questions.
Some of the people thought we were from the MCD and were there to get their shops off that place. Thus, their resentment to answer any of our questions. (Yes, field projects do require a hell lot of skills) But fortunately, most of the people were very welcoming and answered with extreme kindness.
Also, I should really mention this enormously polite historian and author, S. Irfan Habib, who had seen the area grow in front of his own eyes, and agreed to tell us each and every thing he knew about it.
So at last, after a tiring day, we were satisfied with the kind of research that we did and the results that we had in our hands. We called it a day and got back to our homes. But this day definitely arose even more curiosity in me, so I am looking forward to get there again and continue from where I stopped. Here's a glimpse from that day.
So after a lot of chit-chat amongst themselves, we received a final briefing and got going!
While all the other groups chose different lanes of Hauz Khas Village as their Macro, our group chose the Aurobindo Market as its Macro. Not too far from the Village, it also is a part of Hauz Khas. If you may ask the reason, we thought that this market had greater possibilities of gaining research material and learning experience.
We started with first exploring all the lanes, shops, stores, and particularly the small 'thelas' of that market. And that made us realize what a wise decision we took by choosing the Aurobindo Market as our main area. Then we later started interviewing people, asking them about when did the market start, how long have they been working there, and other similar questions.
Some of the people thought we were from the MCD and were there to get their shops off that place. Thus, their resentment to answer any of our questions. (Yes, field projects do require a hell lot of skills) But fortunately, most of the people were very welcoming and answered with extreme kindness.
Also, I should really mention this enormously polite historian and author, S. Irfan Habib, who had seen the area grow in front of his own eyes, and agreed to tell us each and every thing he knew about it.
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S. Irfan Habib
Photographed by- Aakash Bharati
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So at last, after a tiring day, we were satisfied with the kind of research that we did and the results that we had in our hands. We called it a day and got back to our homes. But this day definitely arose even more curiosity in me, so I am looking forward to get there again and continue from where I stopped. Here's a glimpse from that day.
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The Group Members
Photographed by- Shikha Gupta
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That's all for today. I'll be back soon with my Micro. Tada!
Simmi: Put captions.
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