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‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar
Kutub Khana Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu, one of the oldest bookshops in Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar, is run by Moin-Ud-Din, whose grandfather opened it in 1939.
For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits plummet, bookshops are being replaced by kebab shops
About 40 years ago, there were 60 shops that sold Urdu novels and poetry books. Now, only half a dozen survive. The rest have been transformed into eateries, clothing shops and guesthouses. The smell of sizzling kebabs and biryani has triumphed over the scent of ancient books.
Urdu Bazaar, also known as Kitab Ghar or Kitab Mandir, was established in 1920 in the walled city of Delhi and became a hub of Urdu printing, publishing and poetry.
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‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar
Kutub Khana Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu, one of the oldest bookshops in Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar, is run by Moin-Ud-Din, whose grandfather opened it in 1939.
For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits plummet, bookshops are being replaced by kebab shops
About 40 years ago, there were 60 shops that sold Urdu novels and poetry books. Now, only half a dozen survive. The rest have been transformed into eateries, clothing shops and guesthouses. The smell of sizzling kebabs and biryani has triumphed over the scent of ancient books.
Urdu Bazaar, also known as Kitab Ghar or Kitab Mandir, was established in 1920 in the walled city of Delhi and became a hub of Urdu printing, publishing and poetry.
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