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India’s vanishing pasts

On the Idara archives' efforts to preserve Deccan literary, artistic, and historical cultures.

India’s vanishing pasts
Idara archives. Photographs and video courtesy: Sarah Waheed and Yamini Krishna.

Between the din of the city, two Hyderabadi historians exchange WhatsApp messages:

"Where are you?"

"I'm at Idara. Something is always going on here."

"Oh, I wish I was there with you! What is happening over there, right now?"