Broken Script News Today

A comprehensive exploration of key events in Delhi between 1803 and 1857 and their impact on different groups of people, economic and social relations, and “ways of thinking and belonging”

In November 2022, restoration of the 187-year-old St James' Church was taken up by the Delhi Development Authority with support from INTACH. It was finally restored and re-dedicated on August 6.

Swapna Liddle's Dredges Out Forgotten History Of Delhi.

The chronicler of Delhi, Swapna Liddle, has come out with a new book that, in the words of William Dalrymple, "finally supersedes Percival Spears classic, Twilight of the Mughals."

The chronicler of Delhi, Swapna Liddle, has come out with a new book that, in the words of William Dalrymple, "finally supersedes Percival Spears classic, Twilight of the Mughals."

The chronicler of Delhi, Swapna Liddle, has come out with a new book that, in the words of William Dalrymple, "finally supersedes Percival Spear's classic, 'Twilight of the Mughals'."Taking a majestic sweep through the years 1803, ...

Swapna Liddle is not only a very good scholar of the history of Delhi, she is a very good communicator both in her writing and in speaking, one can understand

An excerpt from ‘The Broken Script : Delhi Under The East India Company And The Fall of The Mughal Dynasty, 1803-1857,’ by Swapna Liddle.

A bibliophile’s memoir on collecting fine and rare books, a multi-million dollar heist at a Hyderabad museum, a manifesto to raise feminist families, and more.