New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Is there any one "Delhi"? It is a question that Sair-e-Dilli, a new publication by DAG, seeks to answer. Through diverse visual representations of the city in the form of maps, paintings, photographs and illustrations spanning 19-20th centuries, the book looks at how cities shifted shape as empires rose and fell, and centres of power moved to newer locations, thus expanding the breadth and scale of Delhi. "The many historic cities of Delhi were not built on top of the other-like those of Rome or Istanbul-but laid out side by side on Delhi's more expansive plain; and as each fell into decay, they created a sort of open-air archaeological park," writes Ashish Anand, CEO and managing director, DAG, in a note in the boo...
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