23rd May 2019 Activities: Today, we visited the National Gallery of Modern Art. We met with a curator who told us about the different exhibits on display at the museum, a brief history of modern art in India, and the ways in which we should attempt interpreting the works. Before coming to NGMA, we were … Continue reading Day 8 →

24th May 2019 Activities: We began the day with a presentation on oral histories. Chanakya spoke to us about different playwrights, writers, and academics that employed oral histories in their work. We watched part of an interview with Urvashi Butalia, a writer who collected oral histories about the partition, where she discussed her motivations and … Continue reading Day 9 →

25th May 2019 Activities: We started with a short writing exercise, where we were given a minute to write down one goal we wanted to accomplish in the coming week and an obstacle to its completion. Then, we were given another minute to write down one goal we wanted to accomplish in the coming year … Continue reading Day 10 →

26th May 2019 Activities: We began the day with a short discussion on how to approach interviews. We spoke about the different kinds of questions one can ask, and the ethical concerns that we must consider when interviewing people. We discussed the differences between different kinds of primary research (between interviews and surveys, for example) … Continue reading Day 11 →

27th, 28th, 29th May 2019 Over these three days, participants did not attend classes and, instead, worked independently on their projects. We were asked to focus on reading (academic texts, essays, articles, plays, and so forth) and pursue fieldwork (interviews, surveys), if applicable. As we did our reading, we were told to list important facts … Continue reading Days 12, 13, 14: Independent Study →

30th May, 2019 Activities: We began the day with a discussion on premises. We spoke about what distinguishes a play's premise from its synopsis; and then, we were told to build a story around the following situation: a daughter kills her mother. At the end of this exercise, we were asked to come up with … Continue reading Day 15 →