The Resilience Of Aligarh's 'Phool Patti Ka Kaam'

Words by Shubhangi Chaudhary

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The Resilience Of Aligarh's Phool Patti Ka Kaam

For as long as I can remember, I had given into the clichéd habit of drying flowers in the pages of my books—hoping that, years later, I will stumble upon them again: translucent and pasted neatly against a surface. It turns out, this quiet attempt to preserve a fleeting moment may have been inherited from my hometown—Aligarh.