Shahjahanabad: On Delhi's Broken History | Swapna Liddle and Rana Safvi with William Dalrymple

Shahjahanabad: On Delhi's Broken History | Swapna Liddle and Rana Safvi with William Dalrymple | Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series Jaipur Literature Festival 2024

Presented by Rajmahal Palace RAAS

Delhi has always played an integral role in the geographical, social, and political landscape of the Indian subcontinent. Swapna Liddle’s recent book, Broken Script, delves into the intricate struggle between the last two Mughal emperors and the East India Company— one wielding considerable symbolic authority, the other a fast-growing military and political power. Historian and writer Rana Safvi’s trilogy on Delhi— Shahjahanabad: The Living City of Old Delhi; The Forgotten Cities of Delhi; and Where Stones Speak: Historical Trails in Mehrauli, the First City of Delhi — takes a nuanced look into the city's magnificence through its forts and buildings, living monuments to the grandeur and strife of the past. In conversation with historian, Festival Co-Director, and author of The Last Mughal, William Dalrymple, they explore the gallis of the old Mughal capital.

Swapna Liddle is a historian of Delhi and the author of several books on the subject. Her recently published books, The Broken Script: Delhi Under the East India Company and the Fall of the Mughal Dynasty, 1803-1857, and Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City, are ground-breaking contributions in their field.

Rana Safvi is deeply committed to India's rich cultural heritage and diverse civilisational legacy. Her multifaceted contributions encompass history, literature, cultural preservation, and exploration of culinary heritage. She has authored ten books that delve into topics ranging from culture and history to the monuments of India, including Tales from the Quran and Hadith, The Delhi Trilogy: Where Stones Speak, Shahjahanabad: The Living City of Old Delhi and In Search of The Divine: Living Histories of Sufism in India. Her blog, ranasafvi.com, serves as a treasure trove of cultural, literary, and historical insights.

William Dalrymple is the author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, Duff Cooper Prize-winning The Last Mughal, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, was shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington medal, the Tata Book of the Year, and the Historical Writers Association Award, and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently a Visiting Fellow at All Souls. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.

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