Hyderabad, Jan. 16 -- We all doom-scroll on Instagram, often mindlessly. And depending on your algorithm, the feed will be cultured accordingly. If you're a history enthu cutlet and researcher like myself, and someone who also watches crass meme-worthy Hyderabadi videos (because why not?), then I am sure that Insta will also throw up one too many of those willy vidoes.

The first time I saw a video or reel by a 'content creator' (masquerading as a historian) was on the area of Abids. It wasn't the worst exactly, but it was so loud that it missed the point. The area of Abids in Hyderabad is named after the Jewish valet of the sixth Nizam Mahbub Ali Pasha. It wasn't the worst honestly, but then the problem with how history is treated by fam...