A book that defines Delhi’s contours from 1800 to the 2021 master plan

Looking at Connaught Place, can you believe that the heart of Delhi would’ve been a railway station had a proposed plan of 1912 come into effect? "In the beginning, the British decided to keep the railway line between New Delhi and Old Delhi. But they later made it a place of trade, that it today is," reveals Pilar Maria Guerrieri. The Italian, through 61 elaborate maps in her book, Maps of Delhi, shares many more anecdotes and lesser-known facts about the Capital of India.