{"product_id":"7845-the-present-in-delhis-pasts","title":"The Present in Delhi's Pasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Sunil Kumar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Three Essays\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 131\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8188394009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume are about old monuments and villages in New Delhi. The author investigates both, the medieval history of these sites and changes that have occurred in these areas in some recent times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelying upon Persian documentation and fieldwork, the author narrates the histories of these sites over the last millennium. It is a history of how, ever so gradually, the present has erased and rewritten the past of New Delhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQutb and Modern Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Medieval Reservoir and Modern Urban Planning:\u003cbr\u003eLocal Society and the Hauz-I Rani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking Sacred History or Everyone his \/ her own Historian:\u003cbr\u003eThe Pasts of the Village of Saidlajab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaming\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Sunil Kumar \/ Three Essays \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785418944681,"sku":"7845","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/7845.jpg?v=1625521428","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/7845-the-present-in-delhis-pasts","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}