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Edwin Lutyens’ Delhi is unique. India’s political class must not tamper with it

Narayani Gupta - 22 December, 2019

Lutyens’ Delhi is inhabited mostly by politicians and civil servants. They are the birds of passage who have no long-term interest in retaining it.

How Scotsman Patrick Geddes may have started India’s obsession with vastu

Narayani Gupta - 15 December, 2019

Sociologist and pioneering town planner Patrick Geddes also coined the term ‘temple-city’ after seeing the towns of Madras Presidency.

Lucknow isn’t just chikan & kebabs, these 100-year-old essays by ‘Sharar’ reveal its spirit

Narayani Gupta - 8 December, 2019

Today’s B-towns can become culture-towns, if they don’t lose their way in malls and flyovers. The Lucknow described by Abdul Halim was one such city.

Syed Ahmad Khan’s book on Delhi and its ruins would ‘numb’ other writers, said Mirza Ghalib

Narayani Gupta - 1 December, 2019

Asar-us-Sanadid was published in 1847. Yet, Syed Ahmad Khan distresses over the 'recent' increase in Delhi’s population.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

Opinion

Be it Congress, BJP, AAP—women’s question in India is a partisan issue. And that’s not so bad

Shruti Kapila - 17 January, 2022

India's woman question tests party imagination. Congress's focus on Nirbhaya, Unnao rape victim, and BJP's Uniform Civil Code show how.

Was Djokovic a health risk in Australia? What did the country’s govt gain from his deportation

17 January, 2022

China’s bare-chested turn to Sri-Lankan Tamils is India’s new headache

17 January, 2022

Economy

Nations must secure global supply chains, prevent inflation shocks: Xi Jinping at WEF

Bloomberg News - 17 January, 2022

In his 3rd address to World Economic Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping said 'we need to resolve various risks and promote the steady recovery of the world economy'.

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Not Le Corbusier, Chandigarh’s original designer was a Polish architect who loved the Gita

The Delhi prof who said tombs & mosques were not just ‘Muslim’, but ‘Indian Muslim’

Mirza Ismail, the ‘serial Diwan’ who made industrial Bangalore beautiful, painted Jaipur

Why Delhi’s grand monuments will always remember young archaeologist Gordon Sanderson

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YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Be it Congress, BJP, AAP—women’s question in India is a partisan issue. And that’s not so bad

Was Djokovic a health risk in Australia? What did the country’s govt gain from his deportation

China’s bare-chested turn to Sri-Lankan Tamils is India’s new headache

Economy

Nations must secure global supply chains, prevent inflation shocks: Xi Jinping at WEF

Defence

HAL likely to be in fray for Navy’s NUHs after defence ministry junks Coast Guard chopper deal

National Interest

Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India

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