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Allahabad Diary | Ather Farouqui

Ather Farouqui — 2022-05-13T23:18:09Z

(For Abhishek Tandon)
Allahabad, officially renamed Prayagraj in 2019, houses one of the oldest and largest High Courts of the country, retaining the city's earlier name, just as does the Bombay High Court. The city of sangam was the last internal port of the country, and is known to many for the Kumbh Mela, a major Hindu pilgrimage. While talking of the city, the University of Allahabad merits special mention. Established in 1887, the fourth oldest modern university in India at one time (…)

- 2022

Delhi Diary | Ather Farouqui

Ather Farouqui — 2020-09-04T18:26:23Z

‘Dilli 6' is now the sanctuary for lower middle-class Muslim socialites, who, men and women alike, claim it their birth right to speak on behalf of the Muslims and on the history of Delhi simply because they live in the walled city. Some of them can speak a little English and they dress, particularly the ladies, differently from the bulk of the ladies of old Delhi....These days interest in the history and culture of old Delhi is both academic, in a way it never was before, and fashionable. (…)

- 2020