Tag Archives: Kerala
CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (CDS), KERALA
During my fieldwork in Kerala from September 2022 to August 2023, I was affiliated to the Center for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala as a PhD Research Scholar under the guidance of Prof. J. Devika. The campus of CDS was designed by the late Laurie Baker. Many thanks to Prof. Devika for her guidance […]
ON THE LAURIE BAKER TRAIL
The below images are from a recent visit to the Mitraniketan Social Service Society and Clinic in Vagamon in the Western Ghats mountains of central Kerala. The Clinic was established in 1963 by Architect Laurie Baker, his wife Dr. Elizabeth Baker, Alina Cattani, and Dr. Hildagard Sina to address the needs of the local population […]
KERALA, INDIA & THE GLOBAL GAME
As the FIFA Men’s World Cup Qatar 2022 draws to a close, here are some commentaries and multimedia that highlight the globalizing spread of the world’s most popular sport – football (soccer) – from the perspective of fans and nation-states from the Global South, especially from Kerala and India. This post has been inspired by […]
iihs PhD Workshop 2022
I had the opportunity to participate in the eight edition of the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) PhD workshop which was held virtually in January 2022. Many thanks to IIHS faculty Chandni Singh and Jagdish Krishnaswamy for their insightful comments on my dissertation ideas and research plan. Please find below some images from the […]
Siddharth Menon 