[Urbanstudy] CPR CSH Workshop on 28 June by Parul Bhandari

[Shahana Sheikh]

Dear All,

As part of our Urban Workshop Series, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), Delhi, are delighted to invite you
to a Workshop on* The Urban Landscape of Love and Marriage: A Study of the
Middle Class in Delhi* by* Parul Bhandari*, Post-doctoral Fellow with the
Centre de Sciences Humaines, (CSH), New Delhi.


Date:               Tuesday, 28th June 2016

Time:               3.45 p.m.

Venue:             Conference Hall, Centre for Policy Research, Dharma
Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021

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The ideals of love, romance, and choice marriages are increasingly
associated with city dwellers, and more specifically with the so-called
progressive, modern, ‘neoliberal’ middle class. This talk deconstructs and
unpacks these categories and ideals, posing the poignant questions of what
it means to be middle class in Delhi? More specifically, this talk examines
the construction of middle class identity by young professionals in Delhi,
through their experiences of romance and criteria for selection of a
spouse. The first part examines the changing landscapes of urban Delhi -
coffee shops, restaurants, leisure spaces, and describes the specific ways
in which these spaces enable a middle class identity. The second part of
the talk focuses on the ideals of being middle class. In that, it
elucidates the way these ideals are appropriated by both the section of the
middle class that ‘belongs’ to Delhi and those who have migrated to Delhi
to acquire higher education and better professional opportunities. This
talk then explains the construction of middle class identity in experiences
of romance and matchmaking in the urban space of Delhi.


*Parul Bhandari *is a Post-doctoral Fellow with the Centre de Sciences
Humaines, (CSH), New Delhi, the French National Research Centre (CNRS) on
South Asia. In 2015, she was Guest Lecturer at the Department of Sociology,
Delhi School of Economics and Guest Faculty at the Human and Social
Sciences (HSS) division at IIT, Delhi. Bhandari completed a PhD (2014) on
the processes of spouse-selection of middle class India, from the
Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. Her current research
project is on elite housewives of India. Her areas of interest include
marriage and kinship, social stratification, social meanings of money, and
gender performances in contemporary India.


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This is the seventy seventh in a series of Urban Workshops planned by the
Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), New Delhi and Centre for Policy Research
(CPR). These workshops seek to provoke public discussion on issues relating
to the development of the city and try to address all its facets including
its administration, culture, economy, society and politics. For further
information, please contact: Christine Ithurbide at
<christine at csh-delhi.com>
<christine at csh-delhi.com>christine at csh-delhi.com, Partha
Mukhopadhyay at* <partha at cprindia.org>
<partha at cprindia.org>partha at cprindia.org <partha at cprindia.org>* or
Marie-Hélène Zerah at * <marie-helene.zerah at ird.fr>
<marie-helene.zerah at ird.fr>marie-helene.zerah at ird.fr
<marie-helene.zerah at ird.fr>*


We look forward to welcoming you to CPR for what promises to be an
interesting discussion. Please feel free to share this invitation with
friends and colleagues who may be interested

Best regards,
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