Once There Was a City Named Dilli
The history of Delhi has been told and retold many times. Often the intent is to use history as an ideological tool for staking a claim to the present of the city. In Intizar Husain’s retelling, it is the tale itself that becomes delectable. A popular recital that highlights the forgotten nuances of the story, Once There was a City Named Dilli, is a celebration of the people and culture that made the city unforgettable. Forts, walled cities, bazaars, diwan khanas, durbars, and the Yamuna itself come alive in this ode to a capital serenaded and ravaged by powerful kings and chieftains over time.
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Once There Was a City Named Dilli
The history of Delhi has been told and retold many times. Often the intent is to use history as an ideological tool for staking a claim to the present of the city. In Intizar Husain’s retelling, it is the tale itself that becomes delectable. A popular recital that highlights the forgotten nuances of the story, Once There was a City Named Dilli, is a celebration of the people and culture that made the city unforgettable. Forts, walled cities, bazaars, diwan khanas, durbars, and the Yamuna itself come alive in this ode to a capital serenaded and ravaged by powerful kings and chieftains over time.
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The history of Delhi has been told and retold many times. Often the intent is to use history as an ideological tool for staking a claim to the present of the city. In Intizar Husain’s retelling, it is the tale itself that becomes delectable. A popular recital that highlights the forgotten nuances of the story, Once There was a City Named Dilli, is a celebration of the people and culture that made the city unforgettable. Forts, walled cities, bazaars, diwan khanas, durbars, and the Yamuna itself come alive in this ode to a capital serenaded and ravaged by powerful kings and chieftains over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788198128539
Publisher: S&S India
Publication date: 11/22/2024
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 276
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Intizar Husain or Intezar Hussain was a Pakistani writer of Urdu novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He is widely recognised as a leading literary figure of Pakistan, and was awarded the Munshi Premchand Fellowship by the Sahitya Akademi in 2017, and he was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2014. He was among the finalists of the Man Booker Prize in 2013 for his novel Basti.
Ghazala Jamil is Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is the author of Muslim Women Speak (Sage-Yoda Press) and co-translator of Intizar Husain's Dilli Tha Jiska Naam.
Faiz Ullah is an assistant professor in the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, where he teaches courses in media studies, community media and journalism. Political economy of media, work and labour, documentary film, and participatory cultures form his core areas of research work. In the past he has worked as a news and media producer with NDTV, Reliance Media Network, and Bloomberg TV India. He is the co-translator of Intizar Husain's Dilli Tha Jiska Naam.
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