India, Feb. 5 -- Delhi, the sprawling (and highly unwelcoming) capital of the Republic of India, is voting to elect its next government today on February 5, 2025. But even as election fever is all-pervasive, the voting is being held only a couple of days after Vasant Panchami, the Hindu festival that celebrates the arrival of Spring in North India, of which Delhi is the hub. A good time to remember a man, who not long ago, painted the beauty of Delhi (yes, it was a beautiful citadel once) in his works.
The man was Amir Khusro, an icon in the history of Medieval South Asia. His oeuvre extends from language, music and history to religion and the social sciences.
Khusro was born and lived through turbulent times. It was the mid-1200s. Th...