This way to Poet Wali Pahari
India, Sept. 6 -- What to do when a street has not one but two names? Naturally, it ought to be profiled twice, to present it in two different perspectives.
For the last four years, this page has been steadily building a dictionary of Old Delhi streets. Each Saturday, we pick a Walled City gali, and track the story behind its unique name, along with exploring its contemporary life. Pahari Rajaan had its turn exactly three years ago. The name-story is simple. It is a pahari (hill) in Chitli Qabar Chowk that originally housed raj mistri (labourers), who were hired to build the Jama Masjid and the Lal Qila. The word "raj mistri" gave way to the more colloquial "rajaan."
The truth is that not all citizens in the vicinity refer to Pahari Rajaan ...
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