Chalai is an audiovisual storytelling project created and directed by Nora Bibel with the support of Goethe-Zentrum Trivandrum in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, Bangalore.

Contact:

Goethe-Zentrum Trivandrum
www.german.in

We wish to thank the following persons:

• German photographer Nora Bibel, who stayed in September 2016 and September 2018 in Thiruvananthapuram experiencing Chalai market and collecting images, interviews and sound.
• Trivandrum-based photographer Anjali Gopakumar, who joined every minute with Nora Bibel at Chalai market, knocking at doors, talking to people, finding the way and assisting with the photos and interviews.
• Bobby Mohan for the production support.
• Snigdha Sandip for the texts and transcriptions.
• Palnar Transmedia Pvt. Ltd. (www.palnarindia.com) for the website creation.
• Goethe-Institut, Bangalore with Claus Heimes and Maureen Gonsalves for the funding.

Making of photos taken by Anjali Gopakumar