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Swapna Liddle
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Fakhr-ul-Masajid, Bengali Club, Lothian Cemetery: The wonders of Delhi that lie beyond Kashmiri Gate
An excerpt from ‘14 Historic Walks of Delhi,’ by Swapna Liddle.
Swapna Liddle
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A new book revives works of a mapmaker who depicted in 1846 how Shahjahanabad had evolved
An excerpt from ‘Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City’, by Swapna Liddle. Visuals curated by Pramod Kapoor and Sneha Pamneja.
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Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II was the people’s emperor – courteous to his own and the British
An excerpt from ‘The Broken Script : Delhi Under The East India Company And The Fall of The Mughal Dynasty, 1803-1857,’ by Swapna Liddle.
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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How much of Lutyens’ Delhi was actually built according to the architect’s plan?
An excerpt from Swapna Liddle’s ‘Connaught Place’ on how the current location and design of India’s capital were chosen in 1912.
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How Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi to you and me) got a bad rap when New Delhi came into being
Apparently it was 'a drear spectacle of dusty untidiness in the heart of India’s capital'.
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