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...Most of Delhi's old mosques and tombs are tucked away deep inside sprawling modern suburbs and slums. The city is growing so fast and haphazardly that maps are often outdated and inaccurate. If you get lost and ask for directions, the locals will rarely have any idea of what's in their backyard. The city authorities may not be much help either: a policeman in the heart of Delhi recently assured a bewildered tourist that the photo of the marble-domed building in a guidebook showed the Tomb of Hanuman, a Hindu monkey god. (It's actually the Tomb...
...architectural phases, succinct sketches of virtually every interesting monument in the city, dozens of black-and-white photos and plenty of practical getting-around advice. The loving descriptions will help the reader explore world-famous monuments like the Qutb Minar, a magnificent 800-year-old tower, the Lodi tombs and mosques, and lesser-known marvels such as the Jamali Kamali, the tomb of a 16th century poet and his companion. Spanning from the Middle Ages through the British Raj to the present, the book shows how Delhi accumulated history like geological strata. So, following Peck's road...
...could argue with a few of Peck's opinions. She regurgitates the conventional wisdom about Safdarjang's Tomb, an 18th century structure of sandstone and marble that looks like the Taj Mahal left in the care of a kid with a red crayon, noting that it "has been considered inferior" to the older Tomb of Humayun. This is, in my opinion, hopelessly wrong. With its elongated onion-dome and red-and-white exterior, the tomb provides a much-needed whimsical touch in a city where so many buildings are solemn. But, a few blips in judgment apart, Peck's effort...
...been ruled by a more continuous string of misfits, incompetents and cowards than any other imperial city, which may be why it has been sacked so often-among those who did the honors were Timur, the British, the Persians and the Afghans (at least three times). So many boastful tombs and forts designed for so many third-rate sultans! Know your history, and it's impossible to keep a straight face as you drive down the posh Lodi Road (named in honor of a dynasty that was routed by a small Mughal force in 1526) up to the gorgeous Safdarjang...
...After her husband's slaying in 1968, King worked to establish the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, which opened as it stands today in 1982, a complex that includes King's tomb, his boyhood home and the historical Ebenezer Baptist Church, part of which is a federal historic park project. The roots of the center started a year after her husband's assassination, begun in the basement of Dr. King's home...