Lineages of the Housing Question in Colonial Delhi, 1911-1947
by Dr. Anish Vanaik,
Clinical Assistant Professor, Purdue Honors College
Date: Thursday, April 21.
Time: 4 PM
Place: 609 Social Sciences
Abstract:
The
shift of the Imperial capital to Delhi in 1911 led to a rapid rise in
the value of house property and rent. In turn, these escalations led to
calls for the provision of housing through mechanisms that curbed the
excesses of the market. Unlike in industrial cities, however, neither
from below (as a consolidated political constituency that struggled for
rights) nor from above (as an administrative problem) was the working
class placed at the heart of Delhi's housing question. This paper tracks
the more variegated 'lineages’ of the housing question in caste
struggles, Gandhian ideals, rent control, state employment and
sanitation discourse.
Bio:
Dr. Anish Vanaik is
currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Purdue Honors College
where he teaches a range of interdisciplinary courses. His PhD, very
mono-disciplinary and completed at the University of Oxford, studied the
history of property in the city of Old Delhi from 1911-47. Dr. Vanaik
is currently in the process of writing a manuscript based on the
dissertation. Apart from urban history, his other research interest is
in the field of political cartoons in India and elsewhere. He is
currently co-authoring an article on cartoons about the Black Lives
Matter movement.
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