Updated On: 12 July, 2013 12:59 AM IST | | Niranjan Medhekar
Varsity's anthropology department to conduct a two-year project, aimed at gauging the role, traditions and aspirations of the numerous authorised and unauthorised street food vendors in Pune.
Street foods in the city like vada pav, chaat, dabeli, misal, pav bhaji, etc are light on the pocket, but brimming with history. Now, to understand the role, traditions and aspirations of authorised and unauthorised street food vendors in the city, and how they are preserving and spreading their culture through food, anthropology department of University of Pune (UoP) would soon embark upon a unique project.

Chew on that: Through purposive sampling, various suburban regions of the city would be studied and vendors interviewed.Filer Pic