About the Author

JP Losty was formerly Curator-in-charge of the extensive Indian visual collections in the British Library in London. He has published books and papers on many aspects of the painting of India from the 12th to the 19th centuries. The paintings of late Mughal Delhi are central to his interests, and he has recently authored a book on Delhi topographical painting, titled' Delhi 360: Mazhar Ali Khan's View from the Lahore Gate' (Roli Books) and has also contributed to the catalogue of the forthcoming exhibition on Delhi at the Asia Society, New York. Salman Khurshid is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, a lawyer, and a writer. He is presently the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. He has been deeply involved in writing and acting in plays since his student days in Delhi and Oxford. He is the author of the play 'Sons of Babur', which has been staged with Tom Alter in the lead role, at the Red Fort in Delhi. Ratish Nanda, Conservation Architect, is the Projects Director for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in India for whom he was earlier responsible for the Humayun's Tomb Garden Conservation and Baghe Babur Restoration, Kabul, Afghanistan. For INTACH, he prepared the inventory of historic buildings for Delhi, published in two volumes as Delhi, the Built Heritage. Malvika Singh is the Publisher of 'Seminar', a monthly journal of ideas and alternatives. She is a weekly columnist with 'The Telegraph', and is the author of 'New Delhi: Making of a Capital' (Roli Books); 'Delhi, India in one city'; 'Bhutan: Through the Lens of a King' (Roli Books); 'India by Snowdon', where she wrote the text. She has edited F'reeing the Spirit: Iconic Women of India'; and a series on six Indian cities - Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Lucknow.