If They had a Top 50 List in the 18th Century- Qudsia Begum Would have Been in It!
January and February are lovely months to go for nice walks amidst the greenery and historic ruins of Delhi. But as writer and historian Swapna Liddle points out, some very interesting and lesser known facts are revealed about society along some of these walks, that will make one question the very premise on which some discrimination issues of today stand. In the fourth segment of a six-part Newsclick series, Swapna takes you to Qudsia Bagh, a quaint garden just off the ring road in Delhi's civil lines, for a walk that reveals the abode of a self-made woman in the Mughal period who has a story quite similar to the women CEO's we have glorify in 'lists' today.
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