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Dilli Et Lumiere

As the plan to encourage tourism after sundown sees the light of the night, photographer Tribhuvan Tiwari ­captures Delhi바카라s landmarks in all their illuminated finery

Kit out a camera with the world바카라s best mechanical optics, AI and those slick salesmanship megapixel baits. It gives you a photo바카라a beautiful picture in digital high definition that guarantees instant Instagram likes. But no camera has been invented yet that can capture the mood바카라the mahaul as Bahadur Shah Zafar바카라s court poet Zauq would say about the burst of emotions when he serenaded his muse with his quill pen on scented, handmade paper; the moon smiling coyly on the chhajja. And Zauq바카라s guiding light? His beloved Dilli, its mohallas, its people, its storied architecture바카라the Qutub Minar, that shady nook under a tree on the sprawling garden encircling the tomb of Safdarjung, the red sandstone mausoleum under whose central onion dome rests emperor Humayun. On moonlit nights, the splendour of Humayun바카라s tomb approaches the ethereal glow of the Taj바카라reflecting the inspirational template for Shahjahan바카라s white marble cenotaph for his favourite queen.

These bursts of architectural creativity바카라that inescapable tourist must-go, those haunts of lovers looking for privacy바카라are being decked with a finery of illumination lately. That바카라s part of a project to light up our monuments, capturing the shimmering reflection of the past on an irreverent selfie. Should you chance upon these iridescent jewels in the grey of the night, it would be hard to not echo the thoughts of that eminent Dilli resident, Mirza Ghalib: 바카라I asked my soul, 바카라What is Delhi?바카라 It replied, 바카라The world is the body, Delhi its soul바카라.바카라 These days, the soul shines a few lumens brighter despite the smoggy, discoloured skies. No flashbulbs, please.

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