Living Museum of Delhi
Living Museum of Delhi is a digital depository of spatial and material memories. It documents, preserves and interprets the richness and depth of the city of Delhi through its inhabitants' memories around city-space and materials.
Curated and Edited by Anukriti Gupta
Cities are thickly inhabited by memories. Some aspects of the past are always physically or emotionally inscribed into the built landscape, while others are overlooked or forgotten. At Living Museum of Delhi, the city becomes the stage for memorial performance; and memories often define the physical settings of events through the activities that are enacted at them. One may not remember the historical details of Humayun's Tomb but they will always remember when they first saw it, who was with them, how was the day and other personal nitty-gritty.
Do you remember the huge crimson bougainvillea tree you crossed everyday before catching a DTC bus to office? Do you still collect Ticket-Stubs and preserve Metro Cards and DTC Passes? Does your grandfather's Matriculation Certificate remind you of what this city was once? Do you still remember the one who got away while looking at the fast-moving green-yellow auto-rickshaws of the city? Letters to, and from Delhi, old photographs, mementos, stamps, all that reminds you of this city. How do you remember your Delhi?
Curated and edited by Anukriti Gupta, Living Museum of Delhi is a project under Zikr-e-Dilli which archives your recollections of Delhi.
Thank you for showing your interest in contributing to this project. Please read through the Terms & Conditions and other instructions carefully before submitting:
- Please make sure you locate and provide proper sources for your images of materials or spaces belonging to Delhi.
- You can make submission in two ways:
1. Emailing your story and images at zikredilli@gmail.com.
2. Using the submission form below. You can upload up to 5 hi-resolution photographs of the object or space belonging to Delhi. (.PNG or .JPG format; minimum 300 dpi)
- If you would like to discuss your story and images before sending the written-piece, email us two brief paragraphs about your story and some images of the material or space you want to write about. We will be in touch.
- Please make sure your story is rich in detail. If the object is old or if you are recollecting a historical space, you can always ask your relatives and friends if they can provide enriching anecdotes around Delhi and enhance your recollections.