Swapna Liddle

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Swapna Liddle is an Indian historian, author, art curator and heritage conservator based in Delhi. [1] [2]

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Swapna Liddle
NationalityIndian
EducationPh.D.
Alma mater St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University (B.A.), Jawaharlal Nehru University (M.A. and M.Phil.), Jamia Millia Islamia (Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Historian, writer, art curator, and heritage conservator

Education

Liddle did her B.A. from St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University, M.A. and M.Phil. at the Centre for Historical Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia. [3]

Career

Liddle is known for her research of history of Delhi including its architecture and buildings, [4] [5] and food. [6] Liddle is an art curator. [7] She advocates people's participation to help preserve heritage. [8] [9] Liddle was the convener of the Delhi Chapter of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) previously. [10] [11] She contributed to The Delhi College: Traditional Elites, the Colonial State, and Education before 1857 and edited Sair-Ul-Manazil. [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ "'Best works ignored, women writers never got proper literary assessment'". The Times of India. 2023-02-13. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-01-07.
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  5. ↑ "Delhi's push to modernize threatens iconic sites, public space". Reuters.
  6. ↑ "Muzaffar Ali, Swapna Liddle, Pushpesh Pant on 'Baniya Legacy of Old Delhi- Culture & Cuisine'". The Times of India. 2023-05-09. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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  8. ↑ "People's Participation Key To Preserving Heritage: Experts". The Times of India. 2023-11-05. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  9. ↑ Bagchi, Dishha (2023-01-18). "'Leave rewriting history to historians' – says Swapna Liddle at her book launch". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  10. ↑ Singh, Shrawan Kumar (2020-06-25). Understanding the Indian Economy from the Post-Reforms of 1991, Volume I: History, Evolution, and Growth. Business Expert Press. ISBN   978-1-951527-41-9.
  11. ↑ Salam, Ziya Us (2023-09-01). "Delhi's historical stories have been brought to the pages of several coffee-table books, the latest being Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City by Swapna Liddle". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  12. ↑ Bayg, Mirzā Sangīn (2017). Sangin Beg Sair-Ul-Manazil. Tulika Books. ISBN   978-93-82381-86-0.
  13. ↑ Pernau, Margrit (2006-10-19). The Delhi College: Traditional Elites, the Colonial State, and Education Before 1857. OUP India. ISBN   978-0-19-567723-2.
  14. ↑ "Book brings alive city of Shahjahanabad using exquisite map". The Indian Express. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  15. ↑ Jalil, Rakhshanda (2023-02-10). "Review of Swapna Liddle's The Broken Script: Tumult and change". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  16. ↑ "Book excerpt: This is how Delhi reacted to Aurangzeb's killing of Dara Shukoh". Hindustan Times. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  17. ↑ "Story of a Living City". The Indian Express. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  18. ↑ "'14 Historic Walks of Delhi' by Swapna Liddle explores the Capital on foot". Tribune India.
  19. ↑ LIDDLE, SWAPNA (2022). TWO DELHIS, OLD AND NEW: Box Set. Harpercollins India. ISBN   978-93-5447-168-1.
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