Comments on: Khirkee Masjid, the Sultanate and you http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/ Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MAHARAJADHIRAJ http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 MAHARAJADHIRAJ Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:03:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1077 Hey cool words, cool imagery and cool images. Esp 'the squared bird'! Hey cool words, cool imagery and cool images. Esp ‘the squared bird’!

]]> By: neha vish http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 neha vish Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1076 Ashok: Ha! Even my comment then indulges in poetic license! Palantiri: I am desperately trying to figure out why a Bob Dylanesque comment features for this post. LAK: My parents live in DLF. Was there a week back. Back to London now. :) anon2: Ah! Neither the "I" nor the "You" is imagined. :) But these speculations must be rather amusing no? Sudha: You tell no! Nikita: I've definitely indulged myself in the Delhi Omnibus, however have never managed to give the whole of Twilight In Delhi a read. Thanks so much for the note - will definitely try and source the book from somewhere. In a sense - I think I am from all the cities of Delhi. Even the mall filled yuppiedom is part of the history that is spun by another set of claimants. Delhi will always be disputed territory in that sense. It belongs to no one. And yet millions belong to it. Ashok: Ha! Even my comment then indulges in poetic license!

Palantiri: I am desperately trying to figure out why a Bob Dylanesque comment features for this post.

LAK: My parents live in DLF. Was there a week back. Back to London now. :)

anon2: Ah! Neither the “I” nor the “You” is imagined. :) But these speculations must be rather amusing no?

Sudha: You tell no!

Nikita: I’ve definitely indulged myself in the Delhi Omnibus, however have never managed to give the whole of Twilight In Delhi a read. Thanks so much for the note – will definitely try and source the book from somewhere.

In a sense – I think I am from all the cities of Delhi. Even the mall filled yuppiedom is part of the history that is spun by another set of claimants. Delhi will always be disputed territory in that sense. It belongs to no one. And yet millions belong to it.

]]> By: nikita http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 nikita Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1075 hi. wonder if you've come across these two brilliant books on delhi-histories with soul and life twilight in delhi, ahmed ali, 1940 the delhi omnibus, percival spear et al, 2002 reprint i am from that city. more like the cities. the 7 cities that are delhi. so way way way beyond and more than the mall-filled yuppiedom that passes for delhi at times. hi. wonder if you’ve come across these two brilliant books on delhi-histories with soul and life

twilight in delhi, ahmed ali, 1940

the delhi omnibus, percival spear et al, 2002 reprint

i am from that city. more like the cities. the 7 cities that are delhi. so way way way beyond and more than the mall-filled yuppiedom that passes for delhi at times.

]]> By: sudha http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 sudha Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:39:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1074 hey, where are we going :O ? hey, where are we going :O ?

]]> By: anon2 http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 anon2 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1073 I like the metaphors, and couldn't but help speculating who the 'I' and 'you' in this poem might be. Meanwhile, speaking of Gurgaon, I found <a HREF="http://ags.ou.edu/~bwallach/documents/Losing%20Asia%20-%20Ch%207.pdf" rel="nofollow">this (a pdf file)</A> the other night as I wandered around cyber-ia feeding nostalgia. I like the metaphors, and couldn’t but help speculating who the ‘I’ and ‘you’ in this poem might be.

Meanwhile, speaking of Gurgaon, I found this (a pdf file) the other night as I wandered around cyber-ia feeding nostalgia.

]]> By: LAK http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 LAK Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1072 Beautiful, Neha. Architecture in poetry, or poetry in architecture? BTW, you live in DLF, or are you just here for a while, bec I saw some commet like"kab aa rahi hai wapas?" Beautiful, Neha. Architecture in poetry, or poetry in architecture? BTW, you live in DLF, or are you just here for a while, bec I saw some commet like”kab aa rahi hai wapas?”

]]> By: Palantiri http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/03/khirkee-masjid-the-sultanate-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 Palantiri Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:29:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=671#comment-1071 May the good lord be with you Down every road you roam And may sunshine and happiness Surround you when you’re far from home And may you grow to be proud Dignified and true And do unto others As you’d have done to you Be courageous and be brave And in my heart you’ll always stay Forever young. May good fortune be with you May your guiding light be strong Build a stairway to heaven With a prince or a vagabond And may you never love in vain And in my heart you will remain Forever young. May the good lord be with you
Down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness
Surround you when you’re far from home
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As you’d have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you’ll always stay
Forever young.

May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven
With a prince or a vagabond

And may you never love in vain
And in my heart you will remain
Forever young.

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