tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026770412145039996.post4896637084543081593..comments2024-03-19T00:16:27.607-07:00Comments on HISTORY OF DESIGN: Chakla Baran - Notes and references so farUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026770412145039996.post-53361528619663330002008-08-25T21:37:00.000-07:002008-08-25T21:37:00.000-07:00Philippa, like I said to the 'oven group' above, y...Philippa, like I said to the 'oven group' above, you have made a start. You have also rightly identified the lack of a formulated history - this is why we are doing this exercise because as a group we hope to work towards a formulated history where, apparently, none exists. Why it does not exist is also a question.<BR/><BR/>I think it might help to actually interview people because published material is scarce. Talk to older people on campus for a start. Interview hotel owners and shopkeepers selling things like the 'roti maker'.Try to identify the time at which these devices started appearing and what 'need' they were responding to. My guess is that they started appearing in the late 70s - early 80s when women started going out to work and needed mechanisation to get the job over with quickly. Also retaurants which needed to make large quantities of rotis. With human labour being cheap in India, such devices have been late inventions and not very successful. Also people are finicky about their rotis!<BR/><BR/>Also look at who were the entrpreneurs who developed these devices. Shop keepers selling kitchen appliances would be able to help.<BR/><BR/>You might want to visit Akshay Patra (they have a website) which supplies lunches to government schools they have a machine to make rotis. This place is in Gandhinagar and I will try to get a contact number when we meet on Wednesday morning.<BR/><BR/>Look at Achaya's book on the history of Indian food - you might get some clues. I have put it out in the library along with a pile of books for this course. Look at the bibliography of the book for more references.<BR/><BR/>SuchitraSuchitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315472592921968073noreply@blogger.com