A Colonial building in a Mughal Garden Complex, living amid ruins of the Revolt of 1857, locked and forgotten, except by park officials and evening joggers.
For whom was it built? Why is it locked away? What lies behind those red stone walls?
This is post #3 in this year’s NaBloPoMo, or as Ra calls it Nano Poblano
NaBloPoMo = National Blog Posting Month = Thirty straight days of blogging
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Musings of an eccentric mind 
17 replies on “The locked house”
Wow! This looks really interesting!
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🙂 Yeah… The other side looked even more so. We were in a rush, so could not take a picture.
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wonderful pic. where is this building?
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Hey! Thanks 🙂 The building is in a heritage park called Qudsia Bagh in Civil Lines, Old Delhi.
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Thank you. I know the park. Happy Diwali
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A very Happy Diwali to you as well!
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How strange. I remember seeing houses that were relics of former times in India but now standing empty when I was there.
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So many old structures are found around the city, that they are almost taken for granted. The few that are still functional are quite a story themselves!
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It is a grand city, that ‘s for sure.
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Sepoy Mutiny?!!
Wash your keyboard out with soap!
You mean the 1857 Rebellion.
Stunning ruins. But your country’s full of them.
I love the ghost cities of Fatehpur Sikri and – especially – Hampi.
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Oh dear! Wash my keyboard? Why this hostility to Sepoy Mutiny?
I visited Fatehpur Sikri as a little kid, and don’t really have any memories. It appears this life is short to see all the ruins!
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Didn’t you know?
Most of those in the swaraj struggle hated that term because it implies the whole uprising was just some insubordination towards legitimate colonial authority that got out of hand. Nehru preferred “The First War of Independence”.
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Well, just goes to show my ignorance *looks sheepish*
In my defence, I did Google Sepoy Mutiny, and didn’t find this semantic preference. I’m going to set it right in the post. Thanks!
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Don’t miss Hampi if you get the chance. By the 90s the Ministry of Tourism and the ASI had commercialised the main part of the ruins but they stretch for miles and there’s plenty of places to avoid the crowds and touts.
It’s a very shanti place, despite it’s history.
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I hope I can do just that 🙂
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Careful how you do it. As I’m sure you know nationalist history anywhere is a potential minefield when it comes to giving offence. For example some people resent “The First War of Independence” because it neglects earlier, more localised attempts to evict the British while historical pedants insist it was never widespread or co-ordinated enough to be called a war. I reckon you’re on pretty safe ground with the 1857 Rebellion, Revolt or Uprising though.
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I like the Revolt! Agree with you completely. Sentiments are so easily hurt with just a word or two. (Maybe weapons should be traded for words)
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