As a former resident of and perennial yearner for Delhi, I can extol its charms despite its many deficiencies. It’s a sentiment that many would echo. As the Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir wrote in the 18th ...

For the middle of the 19th century, it could be well said: “Those were the best of times; those were the worst of times.” One way of life was coming to an inexorable end; the other was waiting to be ...