Archive · 21 Sep 2025
New Book 'Sair-e-Dilli' Explores Delhi's History
Imagine a book about Delhi's history, showing pictures and maps from long ago!
It's called 'Sair-e-Dilli' and it's like a time machine for your eyes.
It explores how Delhi changed as different leaders and empires came and went.
The book looks at old paintings, photos, and maps to show us what life was like, not just the big buildings.
It highlights how the way people saw the city changed over time, and how local people experienced these changes.
The book shows us how important it is to understand Delhi's past in different ways, not just the old way of looking at it.
‘Sair-e-Dilli’ uses maps, paintings, and photos from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The book looks at how Delhi expanded as empires rose and fell.
It challenges Western views, focusing on the local culture of Delhi.
Visual materials in the book shed light on the impact of colonial rule.
The book encourages a deeper understanding of Delhi's history through these materials.
- Who
- Published by DAG, edited by Swapna Liddle.
- What
- A new publication, Sair-e-Dilli, exploring Delhi's history through visual records from the 19th-20th centuries.
- When
- The visual records date from the late 18th century onwards.
- Where
- Focuses on Delhi.
- Why
- To provide a human-centric view of Delhi's past and showcase local cultural histories.
- Book Title
- Sair-e-Dilli
- Publisher
- DAG
- Focus
- Delhi's history through visual representations
- Edited by
- Swapna Liddle
- Features essays by
- Rudrangshu Mukherjee, A.G. Krishna Menon