Connaught Place and the Making of New Delhi
By: Swapna Liddle
4.01
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
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"There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"His diaries had begun to assume something of the knowingness of incipient middle age; at times, indeed, he was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. As with many later European voyagers, tr…"-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
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5. A Horse Walks into a Bar
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3.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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"What do people see in me on the first impression? ... Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark?"-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar
"What do people see in me on the first impression? Can they still see what I was until not long ago? Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark?"-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar
"En tunnistanut itseäni, kun olin hänen kanssaan. En tunnistanut innostunutta, eloisaa poikaa, joka minusta kuoriutui. En tunnistanut ohimoilleni nousevaa kuumotusta, vaikka se johtui ajatusten kiihko…"-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar
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"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
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4.22
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