Rotem Geva's new book traces Delhi's journey through Partition and beyond

The book traces how the city's growth and "birth" of New Delhi triggered the decline of the Muslim aristocracy, which began with British takeover after 1857

Delhi Reborn: Partition and Nation Building in India’s Capital

Author:  Rotem Geva

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Pages: 349

Price: Rs 599

Early in the book, the author successfully involves the reader in granular and gritty histories that are often overlooked in the search for the “big picture” on a subject that holds considerable poignancy and has had a far-reaching impact on independent India’s future. In the third of this five-chapter book (plus an Introduction and a short Epilogue), for instance, we are introduced to Madhusudan, a young aspiring Hindi writer and journalist who arrived in the capital in the early 1950s. He lives