City Of Djinns: A Book Review
City Of Djinns: A Book Review © mulshankar13 All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". If you were to ever embark upon a tour of the historical city Delhi it must not be without reading the book City Of Djinns by William Dalrymple. The magnificent Red Fort though now only a fragment of its aura of the past, the ruins of Tughlakabad, the sandstone dome of Humayun, the Chandni Chowk market all would have a different significance if viewed through the magnifying glass of this Scottish masterpiece. Having been to Qutub Minar twice before I never knew that the enigmatic un-rusted pillar close to it was installed by the valiant Tomars who also laid the foundation of the now hardly can be imagined Lal Kot fort inside which the Qutub Minar stands. The book offers