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Profitable Loss
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METRO FEATURE

Delhi On My Mind...

I'm very flattered to have this act of 'piracy' take place," laughed William Dalrymple, extracts from whose engrossing travelogue City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi were interpreted by photographer Agnes Montanari and art historian Nathalie Trouveroy in the exhibition, "City of Djinns: An Album". The preview, held at Delhi's French Cultural Centre on February 10, proffered a selection of evocative images. Several had a surface glaze, which, while suggesting an unintentional underexposure of film, contributed an air of desolation to once-glorious monuments, best expressed in Montanari's view of Coronation Park, Old Delhi, which Dalrymple had described as the "Indian Ozymandias".

CITY SIGHTS: (clockwise from right) Trouveroy and Montanari fitting "Mrs Puri"; Dalrymple flanked by his City of Dijinns.

In another photo, seemingly etched with a fine pencil and reeking of gloom, Montanari captured a woman wading through weeds to enter the Purana Qila. The accompanying quote is that of Iris Portal whose youth revelled in 1920s Delhi: "They always felt the prophecy-whoever builds a new city in Delhi will lose it-will come true. We (the British) were no exception." Words were sometimes unnecessary. It wasn't hard, for example, to identify Dalrymple's former landlady Mrs Puri (who one imagined as more draconian) or Balvinder Singh, "Prince of Taxi Drivers". Though a few images-a page of calligraphy and Rashtrapati Bhavan-were plebeian, they can be passed on for the watery reflection of Safdarjung's Tomb or that of Lodhi Gardens, lasciviously described by Singh as "Love Gardens". Reconciling the once-breathtaking Mughal capital with the now crumbling edifices wasn't hard for the twosome. "We came back from our expeditions thirsty, dirty and very happy," grinned Trouveroy.

"Everyone speaks so disparagingly of Delhi," said Dalrymple during his droll inaugural speech. "So few see what I do." If this doesn't do the trick...

-Sonia Faleiro

MetroScape
Delhi On My Mind...
I'm very flattered to have this act of 'piracy' take place," laughs William Dalrymple, as extracts from his engrossing travelogue City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi were interpreted by photographer Agnes Montanari and art historian Nathalie Trouveroy in an exhibition.
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"I was very much against the idea of India," says William Dalrymple, author, The City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi. In conversation with INDIA TODAY's Sonia Faleiro, he talks about his old girlfriend, Delhi and his "enormously exciting" next book, The White Moghuls in Interviews.