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doorways of old delhi by sam dalrymple 🌟

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#Repost @travelsofsamwise with @use.repost ・・・ Partition's Craziest Border Town After a few weeks of touring @project.dastaan films across the UK, I'm back to showing pictures from my Bangladesh trip. Today we're off to Darashbari Mosque - the largest Mosque on the Bangladesh side of Partition's Craziest Border town Amidst bucolic mango groves, scarlet krishnachura blossom and ponds of clustered water lillies, stands the terracotta town of Gaur The word 'Bongo' had long been used to refer to the small region around modern Barisal, but in 13th century Gaur, the Ilyas Shahi Dynasty proclaimed themselves Sultans of Bengal, and all their subjects 'Bengali'. By 1500, the Sultanate capital of Gaur was the fifth most populous city on the planet, with canals, palaces, roads, bridges and over 200,000 residents.This was the city where Bengali identity first crystallised. Gaur was eventually sacked by Sher Shah Suri, but it remained one of the most iconic and popular tourist sites in India until 1947, when it simply fell off the map In June of that year it was announced that Bengal and Punjab would be partitioned between a Hindu-majority India, and a Muslim-majority Pakistan. But Gaur was pretty evenly divided between Hindus and Muslims. In the absence of any easy way to divide the ancient city, the Bengal Boundary commision decided to just make the eastern city walls into the border Today the ruins of the Darashbari Mosque fall just inside the border of Bangladesh. The royal inner city falls in India, whilst the suburbs are now in Bangladesh. The greatest city of medeival Bengal - the embodiment of Bengali identity - has itself been Partitioned https://www.instagram.com/p/ChNG_jxrEzO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Gorgeous #Repost @travelsofsamwise (@get_repost) ・・・ Just had my article about the eco feminist revolution in the Hunza Valley of Northern Pakistan (pictured) featured in the Wire! Excerpt below In the disputed Karakoram mountains of northern Pakistani Kashmir, which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war last month, the isolated Hunza valley feels cut off from the fractious politics surrounding it. As one approaches 8,200 feet, pine forests and orchards envelop villages that glint orange with apricots drying on their rooftops The blue and mustard shuttlecock burkhas, which are prevalent throughout the foothills, are non-existent here and unveiled women wander the streets, busking on street corners and leading tour groups. Over the last decade, Hunza has been at the centre of a remarkable eco-feminist movement, with womens education and employment – primarily in the environmental sector – skyrocketing to some of the highest levels in South Asia Hunza has always been strikingly different from the rest of Pakistan. Its grand palaces are reminiscent of nearby Tibet and the local language Burushaski has no known relatives anywhere in the world. Before the opening of the Karakoram highway in 1979, its deadly mountain passes made Hunza accessible only to a few determined traders along the Silk Roads Despite its place in one of the most militarised regions of the world, Hunza is a major destination for Pakistani tourists and the mountains, which once isolated the Hunzakuts (the indigenous people of the valley), now attract hundreds of thousands each year But the valley remains remarkable for its unexpected feminist revolution that has taken place over the last decade. It is now a common sight to find women working in the bazaar and wandering around alone after dark. In 2016, Al Jazeera reported that Hunza had a literacy of around 95%, making it the most literate district in Pakistan, 37% above the national average Find the link in my bio to read more! #everydaypakistan #flashh_pakistan #iropakistan #LetsgotoPakistan #travellersofpakistan #focaltales #highmountains #himalayas @hippie_in_himalayas @heritagephotographyclub https://www.instagram.com/p/BwR8DOoFDQf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ba6n5fcg2gi3