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| #2442755 in Books | 2013-01-23 | 2013-01-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.50 x5.00 x7.70l,.75 | File type: PDF | 496 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Unfulfilled Promise|By Rajiv Chopra|I read this book with a lot of anticipation, but I felt a bit of a let down. While the commentaries themselves are very good, the writings, or the Voices themselves, if taken out of context do not reveal the anguish of a people who had to go through 18 months of mayhem.
It is a pity that there are no voices of the people during and|About the Author|Trained in history, Mahmood Farooqui has effected a major revival of dastangoi, the art of Urdu storytelling. He is also the co-director of the feature film Peepli Live.
This groundbreaking, first-time translation of the Mutiny Papers documenting the siege of Delhi shifts focus away from conventional understandings of 1857. Mahmood Farooqui's translations chronicle the lives of courtesans, soldiers, potters, spies, faqirs, doctors and harassed policemen, all trying to live through the turmoil of their city. They present a searing portrait of the hopes, beliefs, and failures of ordinary people who lived through the end of an era.
You easily download any file type for your device.Besieged: Voices from Delhi 1857 | Mahmood Farooqui. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
