Calendars since 2002

The annual CWDS calendar as a form of a feminist archive. Every year, we have had a different theme for our calendars, but they were all forms of feminist archiving. Each calendar merges texts with visuals to provide a platform that is easily accessible. It has the ‘every day’ quality of being a calendar, while at the same, through its visuals and captions, reminding people of the richness of India’s feminist history

Calendars since 2002

Theme: Radio Retrospective
Year: 2024
In July’1923 the radio club of Bombay (Mumbai) first broadcast programmes over airwaves followed by the Calcutta (Kolkata) radio club. To commemorate the centenary of this major event, we bring out Calendar 2024. This wireless media soon gained immense popularity all over the world. In india, till 1980s, before the massive intervention of television, radio was the only source for news and entertainment. Women had an important role to play and through rare archival photographs, our calendar showcases them in this medium. Full text of the Calendar

Theme: Towards the Midnight Hour

Year: 2023

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Theme: Re-presenting Indian Women

Year: 2022

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Theme: A Fistful of Salt

Year: 2020

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Theme: Women at the Midnight Hour

Year: 2018

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Theme: Costumes of an Age

Year: 2017

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2015-cal

Theme: College Days

Year: 2015

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2014-cal

Theme: In Memoriam

Year: 2014

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2013-cal

Theme: Fire and Grace – Kalpana Dutt Joshi

Year: 2013

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2012-cal

Theme: Breaking Barriers: Women of Bombay Presidency

Year: 2012

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2009-cal

Theme: Worlds Beyond

Year: 2009

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2008-cal

Theme: Ritual and Performance

Year: 2008

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Theme: Celebrating Womanhood

Year: 2006

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Theme: Framing Conjugality

Year: 2005

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Theme: The Girl Child

Year: 2004

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Theme: The Learning Experience

Year: 2003

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Theme: Re-presenting Indian Women 1875-1947

Year: 2002

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