5/27/2023 0 Comments The city of djinns![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Successive civilisations have made Delhi their capital, and in City of Djinns, we get to go back in time and experience everything from the (then recent) Sikh Riots the aftermath of the Partition of India the British Raj the Mutiny of 1857 opulent Mughal Delhi the city of the Sultanate and finally, its connections to the famed city of Indraprastha from the Indian epic “The Mahabharata”. The Many Cities of Delhi in the City of Djinnsĭalrymple’s Delhi is a sprawling and layered city, and he peels these back to explore selected periods of its history. They include a thrifty Sikh landlady and her eccentric husband a jovial taxi driver various government officials eunuchs whirling dervishes and living relics of the British Raj. In his quest for the city’s (in)famous djinns (fire-formed spirits), Dalrymple and his wife, the book’s illustrator Olivia Fraser, meet a series of interesting characters. The book follows Dalrymple’s now familiar style of tying together contemporary events and anecdotes with historical tales and fantastical legends. ![]()
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