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Maulavi Muhammad Baqar: Hero or Traitor of 1857?
Rana Safvi explores the life of Urdu journalist Maulavi Muhammad Baqar, who recorded the siege of Delhi during the 1857 mutiny in his paper Dehli Urdu Akhbar.
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Grocery Shopping and Fish Markets: Weekly Rituals With My Father
Weekends were when I spent long hours with him, and going to the market was a valued aspect of our shared experiences.
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Watch | Historian Rana Safvi Reviews William Dalrymple's Latest Book 'The Anarchy'
The book talks pre-colonial India and the rise of the East India Company in the late 1700s.
The Forgotten Women of 1857
Not just Begum Hazrat Mahal and Rani Lakshmibai but dozens of women participated in active fighting against the British. Their stories are largely unrecorded.
A Book on the Rains That's Brimming With Emotions and Feelings
'Monsoon Feelings: A History of Emotions in the Rain' has contributions by various experts in their fields and together, they make the reader feel the monsoon, even if its bulk makes it a formal read.
Mughal Tombs and Poetry: An Excerpt from 'The Forgotten Cities of Delhi'
Rana Safvi's latest – book two of the 'Where Stones Speak' trilogy – which is full of rousing Sufi couplets, captures the remains of the tombs and monuments of Delhi that have stood the test of time even as the city underwent rapid urbanisation.
Review: The Dispossessed and the Possessed
Anand Vivek Taneja’s 'Jinneaology' seamlessly links Delhi’s past to its present, and its spirit-life to its modern disenchantments.
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Objectors to Nawazuddin's Participation in Ram Leela are Ignorant of India's Pluralistic Traditions
From the times of the Mughals, Muslims high and low have been an integral part of Ram Leelas all around the country
