Ahmedabad | Decoding Everyday

Everyday AHMEDABAD

DECODING EVERYDAY contributions being sought from the streets in AHMEDABAD. We have been putting up posters with QR codes to the citizen science portal on streets and public spaces!

Witness the everyday life of Ahmedabad as told by its residents, explore the food hotspots ranging from the large scale Municipal Market to local tea stalls in neighbourhoods. Hear the experiences of the residents' walk to the nearby temple like the Sola Bhagwat Temple or public spaces like ONGC ground. See how the market spaces like Bhadra Plaza and Manek Chowk transform throughout the day to accommodate different users and experience the everyday Ahmedabad.

Municipal Market, Ahmedabad

Contributors: Prabhanjan Prabhu and Parth Patel

A city needs open spaces where people can meet, relax, spend time and enjoy. People feel comfortable in public spaces when they are surrounded by a lot of people. Such places provide them with a sense of comfort along with anonymity that allows them to express themselves freely. Municipal Market in Ahmedabad is one such place. The video captures various stakeholders and their activities in MM.

Street Edges

Contributor : Revati

The street edges have non-uniform pavements which make a pedestrian's experience of using the sidewalks a nightmare. These do not welcome senior citizens or specially abled citizens to use the sidewalks. Over and above, the location of utilities and automobile parking, do not favour a good experience for pedestrians.

Emerging Public Spaces

Contributor : Vaishnavi

As construction activities occur in the suburban neighbourhoods, chai vendors and food stalls start emerging around these sites. The first ones to emerge are the chai vendors who serve chai/cigarettes/food on a small scale. Other vendors gradually start setting up beside the chai vendor which creates a public space around the vendors which not only caters to the workers but also the neighbourhood.

The City Remembered

Interviews

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'The City Remembered'

A homemaker from Ahmedabad, Gita likes to walk around her society to get a breath of fresh air when her day’s work is done. She is particularly fond of the Sola Bhagwat temple from where she derives the much needed peace.

Sunita is a homemaker residing in Ahmedabad. She likes to walk in her neighbourhood parks and draws a comparison between two of them, at ONGC and the Railway ground. Her occasional visits with her husband, to the Narmada canal on the city outskirts are special for her. She finds that the surrounding greenery and the water body give her a lot of joy.

Life in the Streets

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'Life in the Streets'

Old City of Ahmedabad

Contributor : Dibyashekhar Bhattamishra

This sketch represents the beauty of the old city of ahmedabad, where street gives off a feeling of home, with entrances of pol houses next to each other and people using the otlas to sit and talk to each other.

Urban Homelessness

Contributor : Dibyashekhar Bhattamishra

This sketch shows a family living in the Bhadra Plaza in Ahmedabad. The sketch tries to capture the moment when the family sits as one to have their meal despite all their troubles.

Food : An essential resource

Contributor : Dibyashekhar Bhattamishra

This sketch shows a food stall in the Bhadra Plaza in Ahmedabad where food is served at nominal rates or even for free to the people who call the plaza their home.

Share your story about Ahmedabad!

Why do people so enjoy ‘street as public space’? Your observations at the local chai vendor or panipuri vendor around the corner. How do the streets of the old city differ from the newer developments? What are the famous markets of your neighbourhood or the city? How do the streets and public spaces transform during festivals like Uttarayan, Eid, or Navratri and so on? Share YOUR stories & thoughts with us!

You can contribute your stories and observations in the form of a reflective piece of writing, an interview with a resident of a neighbourhood level, a photo essay (with a storyline and captions for each image), a video, a sketch, or a personal geography map.

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