Purana Shahar: where the past endures through architecture, cuisine and people who call it home

Hyderabad’s Old City remains a living repository of the city’s layered past, where legacies of Qutb Shahi and Asaf Jahi dynasties continue to find expression in its bustling markets, language, traditions and cultures. Even as urbanisation and fast-paced modern life reshape Hyderabad, this part of the city retains warmth, character and cultural memory of an era gone byOld cities have a way of making time feel negotiable. In Delhi, Lucknow or Hyderabad, the past does not simply survive in monument...

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