Last Stop: Delhi | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Last Stop: Delhi | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Surbhi Gupta |Updated: May 16, 2019 12:53:58 am

Last Stop: Delhi

Historian Giles Tillotson completes his trilogy on the golden triangle with his latest book, Delhi Darshan.

After writing Jaipur Nama in 2006 and Taj Mahal in 2008, the historian and writer has now completed his trilogy on what is popularly known as the Golden Triangle of India.

Delhi’s past informs its present and the present informs the past, as people encounter old sites through the lens of its recent use. Historian Giles Tillotson illustrates the point in his recent book, Delhi Darshan (Penguin, Rs 499), with India Gate, which is not just a war memorial, but also been a place to savour an ice cream on a hot summer evening or for the civil society to gather and protest a “miscarriage of justice”. Similarly, there is Jantar Mantar, the 18th century observatory, now synonymous as the place to stage political protests. The Lodi Garden not only enshrines a few tombs, but has become a spot popular for picnics, morning runs, even a lovers’ paradise. And the Red Fort makes headlines every year when it serves as the podium for the Indian prime ministers to make his Independence Day speech.