City Monument - Qudsia Begum's Gateway, North Delhi

City Monument – Qudsia Begum’s Gateway, North Delhi

A queen’s souvenir. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The arched gateway in north Delhi’s Qudsia Bagh gently summons the memories of an extinct world. The 18th-century edifice originally opened into a walled garden overlooking the Yamuna. Today, the…