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Small Study and Research Grant (India)
Deepra Bhattacharya
A study of the Pithora paintings by the Rathua Bhils of Chhota Udaipur
Sumangal Roy
A project to record and document Folk Art and Craft in the villages of Chandigarh
At the time I received the award, I had already crossed the first phase of my career. Looking for some encouragement or motivation to start afresh. At an individual level the award provided a psychological boost allowing me to work with a new zeal. The research that I carried out has had both an impact on my career and professional inclination. Earlier I was a self-centered artist pursuing my own creative urges. However this project has opened new vistas and changed my perspective towards the utility of art.
Poulomi Das
To study textile collections in western India
T M Sarafoji
A monograph on Sendalai temple, Thanjavur
This grant enabled me to do several things. It allowed me to cover many places on my fieldwork and to meet the costs of photography. A basic idea on inscriptions became my main thrust and focus. This led to studying one temple in detail, and I got the opportunity to examine different dimensions of its structure and organisation.
Anuda Jagdish Geetali
To study the headless goddess in the Indian pantheon
Harinarayana Nilam
Study on materials and records about the Madras Museum
The detailed history of museums has not been attempted much in India, but I had an inkling that such a detailed study might throw considerable light on development of the museum as an institution in our country. I also felt that the Madras Museum, which was in its 15th decade at that time, could be an ideal starting point for such a study because it had been carefully of the Madras Museum. The grant made searching for records and information in the Tamil Nadu State Archives, the Asiatic Society in Calcutta, and in the Madras Museum itself.
Ratna Sharma
Study of Mithila Painting
From the very beginning I was planning to gain a knowledge of the layers of Mithila painting, especially its relationship with other practices of folk-art. I was, and still am, of the opinion that Mighila painting is a living tradition which is supported by many other folk practices of the region. Its history, myths, usefulness, sociology, social significance, ritual normative patterns, hidden philosophy and last, but not least, the creativity of the women who paint, are very important factors to know.
Baishali Ghosh
Terracottas in the history of Indian sculpture: technique and evolution.
The grant allowed me to document terracotta sculptures in a number of museums and private collections, and to study the intervention of technique in the representation and production of sculptures and other terracotta artefacts in ancient India.
K S Srinivasa Murthy
A study of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and other Orientalists' views on pre-modern art objects
Srinivas Suwada
Local gods and popular culture: a study of mother goddess worship in an urban setting
I was awarded this grant while pursuing doctoral research, and will submit my dissertation in summer 2001. The grant allowed me to travel to fieldsites, to undertake photography, and to cover other costs of fieldwork and report preparation and to achieve more ambitious documentation of craft and folk traditions than I would otherwise have achieved. It also made me self-confident, and strengthened and boosted my morale. I am planning to publish articles in academic journals and have lectured to American students on these topics.