After working on the log book for 2 weeks, Although we felt a bit tired 

We shifted our attention to the development of boards and  group map. 

We had to make three boards : 

 Product and Merchandise  

 Social  Culture Scenario

 Visual Culture Scenario

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Product And Merchandise Board

  The board shows the transformation of product which changes as we move along Chandni Chowk. This board gives a complete idea of the type of products prominent in the bazaar. We have used different type of materials to represent the same. Clay has been used to make sweets, vegetables, paan and much more. Pastel sheets for lace and thread embroidery. Wire and pearl to make jewellery.

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  Visual Culture  Board   

This board represents the Visual culture of Chandni Chowk. This shows the general appearance of the market area ie. Crowded and Congested area.

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Social Culture  Board

The base is given with the help of  a computer software ie. Photoshop and then crowd is represented by the use of push pins. 

                                                   

As you walk along, the whole street looks  like a show. From coin sellers to persistent people who sit on the roadside, digging dirt out of your ear for profession, this place is filled with characters. 

Source : Self Clicked The area of Chandni Chowk have a number of markets. The notable markets in Chandni Chowk are:

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             Nai Sarak for books, stationery items and musical instruments

• Cloth Markets at Fatehpur and the various Katras for textiles


• Dariba Kalan and Kinari Bazaar for jewelry


• Dariba Kalan for silver items


• Bhaghirath Palace for medical equipments and Allopathic medicines


• Chawri Bazaar for paper, stationary items and musical instruments


• Ballimaran for shoes and opticians


• Kinari Bazaar for Zardozi items and laces


• Flea market (daily at Jama Masjid) for antiques and all kinds of bargains


• Old Lajpat Rai Market for electrical goods.


• Cycle Market for bicycles and photography


• Moti Bazar for shawls and pearls.


• Khari Baoli for dry fruits, pulses, food grains, spices and saffron


• Tilak Bazar for chemicals.

Contemporary Chandni Chowk is very much different from the Chandni Chowk of yore. But the indomitable spirit of Indian entrepreneurship remains burning through the ages.

Some sketches from my Log Book

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Hangings or Decoratives

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Evolution of Chandni Chowk through Flowchart

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Sketch : Red Fort

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Flooded market 

As my second step of module 4 I had to work on my micro area which happens to be KINARI BAZAAR 

              The bazaar is flooded with lace shops 

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Kinari Bazaar is a wholesale retail market. Here you will get every thing you need for functional especially for marriage. For any special event, festival people buy beautiful traditional dresses from Kinari Bazaar. For any ceromony - marriage, engagement, anniversary, karwa chauth or other events - you can visit Kinari Bazaar to buy dressing for whole family.

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Saree Shop at the Bazaar

For brides, marriage - Kinari Market has special significance. ceremony. They have large reserves Sehra (groom's turban), garlands of beautiful and striking gold and silver coins and crisp, wedding jewellery and other accessories needed for a wedding ceremony. Stores to meet the needs of people belonging to almost all religions. Be it a Hindu wedding or a Christian marriage, the necessary elements are available here. Even the wedding attire can be rented at stores like Bridal Veil, very well designed lehenga, brocade and gold Sherwanis nothing or something that requires a wedding ceremony.

Evening feature some of the most romantic, elegant and beautiful wear perfect for any occasion. Kinari Bazaar is place where you can find almost every thing for Indian Bridal dresses. Kinari Bazaar is also spelled as Kinari Bazar. Based on success in Delhi, Kinari Bazar in Agra is also set up.

SOME PICTURES OF MY LOG BOOK

Object and Material

The History of Chandni Chowk

Representaton of the environment of KINARI BAZAR through textual and visual means.

 CHANDNI CHOWK : Its ageing and evolution

Chandni Chowk is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Old Delhi, India. Chandni Chowk is located close to Old Delhi Railway Station. The Red Fort monument is located within the market. It was built in the 17th century by Mughal Emperor of India Shah Jahan and designed by his daughter Jahan Ara. The market was once divided by canals (now closed) to reflect moonlight and remains one of India's largest wholesale markets.

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The market's history dates to the founding of the capital city of Shahjahanabad when Emperor Shah Jahan established the Red Fort on the banks of the Yamuna River beside his new capital.Chandni Chowk, or the Moonlight Square, was designed and established by Princess Jahanara, Shah Jahan’s favourite daughter, in 1650 CE.

The bazaar was shaped as a square was given elegance by the presence of a pool in the centre of the complex. The pool shimmered in the moonlit, a feature which was perhaps responsible for its name.^[3] Shops were originally built in a half-moon shaped pattern, now lost. The bazaar was famous for its silver merchants, which also have contributed to the name as silver is referred to as Chandi in Hindi, a slight variation of which forms Chandni.The pool in the chowk was replaced by a clocktower (Ghantaghar) until the 1950s. The center of the market is still referred to as Ghantaghar.

A New start : Module 4

Hi Everyone! we just ended with our Module 3 jury and got briefed for module 4. Well I am just so tired.


It happens to be a bit similar to what we did previously. This module focuses on our ability to research manually through field visits.  

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We were briefed by three faculties together at the same time to avoid any confusion. Unlike module 3 we cleared all our queries on the first day itself and went on to the field trip on the second day. Our class agreed to Chandni Chowk as our macro area and Paranthe Wali Gali as our micro area. 

This was my first trip to Chandni Chowk. I had never been to such a crowded place before. It is a narrow street flooded with shops of laces, thread embroidery, stone work, sarees, lehngas and other wedding stuff. Apart from all this there are shops which sell beautiful Garlands, jewellery  and many more things which are exclusive to the place. This was the first time we were suppose to do secondary research which includes us to observe and question shopkeepers, customers and visitors. 

By the end of the day I had faced appreciation and rejections both by the people I asked my questionnaire to. We observed the area as a whole and planned for the next trip.