Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- India's beating heart is not just a geography - it's a grammar. And no region has shaped that grammar more deeply than the Hindi-speaking belt. Encompassing over 38.2 per cent of India's landmass and housing 42.2 per cent of its population, the Indo-Gangetic plains have long dictated the country's idea of religion, politics, culture, food, fashion, and even identity. It is from this terrain, stretching across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, that Ghazala Wahab begins her relentless excavation in 'The Hindi Heartland' (Aleph Books).But this isn't a textbook chronicle. Wahab's history breathes, bleeds, and confronts. She doesn't just revisit India's past - she re-reads it, edits it, and lays bare its ...