Proposed reinvention of Delhi, ironically, bears affinity to colonial thinking | The Indian Express

Proposed reinvention of Delhi, ironically, bears affinity to colonial thinking | The Indian Express

Written by Narayani Gupta |Updated: September 19, 2019 10:12:54 am

The writer is a historian of Delhi

Proposed reinvention of Delhi, ironically, bears affinity to colonial thinking

This kind of once-in-a-century project should be discussed at the national level, not by tendering. We were caught napping when the cactus-forest of New Kidwai Nagar sprouted, and Pragati Maidan died. Now we are about to see a New Sachivalaya. Could Dilliwalas please wake up and be alert to what is happening to their city?

An artist’s impression of how the Delhi government wants Chandni Chowk to eventually look

“This will be the finest ruin of them all.”