Ghosted: Delhi's Haunted Monuments

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Delhi is haunted-by its ghosts, its ruins, and its unending capacity forrebirth. In the shadow of medieval mosques and Mughal tombs, the pastrefuses to stay buried. Saints, Sultans, poets, and lovers-all linger in thecity's imagination, their stories shaping how we remember what once was.In Ghosted, historian and storyteller Eric Chopra journeys through thecapital's most beguiling sites-Jamali-Kamali, Firoz Shah Kotla, KhooniDarwaza, the Mutiny Memorial, and Malcha Mahal-to unearth a Delhithat exists between worlds: a palimpsest where Sufis bless kings, jinn listento grievances, and begums occupy dilapidated hunting lodges. What beginsas a search for Delhi's haunted monuments becomes a meditation on whywe are drawn to the dead and how ghost stories become vessels of collectivememory.Blending archival research with folklore, myth, and reflection, Choprapaints an intimate portrait of a city forever in dialogue with its former selves.Through invasions and rebirths, he reveals that Delhi's spirit resides not justin its monuments but in the unseen presences that linger among them.Ghosted is a lyrical, haunting journey through the city's spectral landscape-an invitation to listen to what its echoes tell us about memory and identity.

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Pages: 298, Paperback, Speaking Tiger Books