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The Sacred Heart of Delhi

The Sacred Heart of Delhi

A Guide to Nizammudin Basti

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Jan 10, 2025
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The Tomb of Khan-i-Khanan

Delhi gets a bad reputation amongst travellers, who tend to see it as a grotty urban jungle. But having lived in the city for over twenty years now, I can safely say that it is so much more.

Instead I'd argue that Delhi is one of those handful of cities, along with Rome, Cairo and Istanbul, that is just infinite in the layers of …

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