by Eric Chopra (Author)
Delhi is haunted-by its ghosts, its ruins, and its unending capacity for
rebirth. In the shadow of medieval mosques and Mughal tombs, the past
refuses to stay buried. Saints, Sultans, poets, and lovers-all linger in the
city's imagination, their stories shaping how we remember what once was.
In Ghosted, historian and storyteller Eric Chopra journeys through the
capital's most beguiling sites-Jamali-Kamali, Firoz Shah Kotla, Khooni
Darwaza, the Mutiny Memorial, and Malcha Mahal-to unearth a Delhi
that exists between worlds: a palimpsest where Sufis bless kings, jinn listen
to grievances, and begums occupy dilapidated hunting lodges. What begins
as a search for Delhi's haunted monuments becomes a meditation on why
we are drawn to the dead and how ghost stories become vessels of collective
memory.
Blending archival research with folklore, myth, and reflection, Chopra
paints an intimate portrait of a city forever in dialogue with its former selves.
Through invasions and rebirths, he reveals that Delhi's spirit resides not just
in its monuments but in the unseen presences that linger among them.
Ghosted is a lyrical, haunting journey through the city's spectral landscape-
an invitation to listen to what its echoes tell us about memory and identity.