Sometimes Poets Make Architectural Wonders Too!
As the Delhi summer was welcoming us, and Insaniyat Magazine’s release date was just around the corner; my (Arya) foolish…
Ye Photo Bengal Jayega (Insaniyat Archives)
Delhi-6 is designed in a pattern where there are different settlements for different professions. The washermen, entertainers, hakims, have their…
The Lodi Garden Complex: A series of Sayyid, Lodi, and Mughal structures
With Khan market on one side and the Safdar Jang tomb on the other, the Lodi Garden is a 90-acre…
Sundar Nursery: Delhi’s leisure garden and a Mughal Sarai
The weather in Delhi is very harsh, all through the year, but there are days during these harsh weather spells…
Sabz Burj: The Monument at a Roundabout
While many might have driven past it on numerous occasions, very few know about its existence. At the intersection of…
Delhi: A Critical Eulogy
of all the things used to describe delhi/dilli/दिल्ली, I’d call it — the crossbred offspring of the numerous rulers from…
The Last Structure of Delhi: Zafar Mahal
In the southern nook of Delhi, now transformed into an urban hub with a myriad of boutiques, coffee shops, and…
Kilokhri: The lost city of Delhi
In the list of 7 cities of Delhi, this city does find its place, as its ruins have not survived…
Momin Khan Momin: The Court Intellectual without a payroll
Momin Khan Momin; often regarded as one of the greats of Urdu poetry and a contemporary of Ghalib was born…
Studying Mughal Warfare under Babur
The creation of the Mughal empire was more than a political transition, rather it was the start of an era…