1857 Uprising: Northern Ridge
The wintery morning walk at the Ridge, where the 1857 rebellion was played out in a do-or-die battle deciding the fate of India..was as if re-reading the “The Last Mughal” by the ultimate authority on 1857 -William Dalrymple. Zafar’s Vatican-esque city state of Shahjanabad, in 1857 was indeed a bubble of Mughal high culture and […]
Purana Qila
As Lutyen designed the Viceroy house/’Rashtrapati Bhavan’ on the Raisina Hills, he integrated it with old architectural highlights of the so-called-necropolis in perfect alignment. As the Viceroy would look around from the hill-top mansion, the ViceRoy house placed like a hen with other British buildings surrounding it like chicks ; he would find – perfectly […]
Shahjahanabad – the lost city
“Delhi , which was once the jewel of the world, Where dwelt only the loved ones of fate, Which has now been ruined by the hands of Time, I’m a resident of that storm-tossed place..” After the death of his 38-year old beloved wife Mumtaz – …“the chosen one of the palace” & mother […]