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Heritage enthusiasts deplore ramp works at Moula Ali hill Updated: Updated: April 14, 2021 00:38 IST 850-metre ramp being built lands behind historic shrine where a big parking lot is being readied Share Article Workers drill and chisel the Maula Ali hillock to build a ramp. | Photo Credit: Arrangement 850-metre ramp being built lands behind historic shrine where a big parking lot is being readied The rat-rat-rat of pneumatic drill breaks the calm of the day halfway up the Maula Ali hillock. The smooth rock is now pock-marked with holes. Blocks of granite are tossed to one side as workers insert chisels to crack the rock into pieces to build a ₹25-crore ramp that will transform the small spiritual shrine. A grey haze of granite dust hangs in the air. ....
Celebrating Death: Mausoleums keep public memory alive By News Desk| Updated: 24th February 2021 4:35 pm IST Quli Qutb Shah s Tomb Salma Ahmed Farooqui Death is serious business. In historical terminology, grave, crypt, tomb, mausoleum, memorial and necropolis are differently meaning words but are sometimes used interchangeably as their core function remains the same i.e., to keep alive public memory. Take the case of South Asia alone, there are aesthetically crafted, ostentatious tombs of various kings and queens and their close relatives spread out in the entire country. These grand tombs of the medieval Indian period of history which have come to be known as mausoleums serve as memorial monuments to convey forceful messages about the events or individuals they commemorate. To name a few: the Humayun’s tomb and Adham Khan’s tomb at Delhi, the tomb of Itimad-ud Daulah and the Taj Mahal at Agra, Akbar’s tomb at Sikandra, Sher Shah Suri’s tomb at ....