A unique part of India that is associated with the best living traditions in craft, cuisine, houseboats and shikaras, rushing mountain streams, and snow-clad mountains, Srinagar is a garden of paradise. Srinagar: An Architectural Legacy explores the history and architectural heritage of this 500-year-old city bringing to life its rich past, with its different eras of rulers who made the Valley a part of their empire. To understand the present context of the city, the book takes on a series of walks giving readers a chance to get a sense of the architectural culture, as well as the dynamic interplay of civic life, religion, and trade in the city.
About the Author
Feisal Alkazi is an educationist, trainer and theatre director. After a master's in social work, he headed Ankur, a society for alternatives in education for ten years and taught at the Jamia MCRC center for six years. He now heads Creative Learning for Change (CLC), an NGO that designs, carries out and documents innovative educational projects in gender, environmental and heritage education. Alkazi has co-authored twenty books including Exploring an Environment, The Riverfront of my Town, Discovering Jaipur and Discovering Kashmir. A well-known theatre director, he has directed over 300 plays for adults and children alike. His other solo publications include Forever Friends, Rang Biranga Rangmanch and the soon to be published Tagore for Today.
