Delhi Sufis

By Staff Writer, *Chillah courtyard plays host to launch of book on dargahs* – The Indian Express – India; Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Chillah courtyard plays host to launch of book on dargahs

New Delhi: That Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (Delhi’s iconic 14th century Sufi saint) was against any kind of state powers and preached the message of Sufism — which is that of peace, love and harmony… That he was anti-establishment and was never himself the head of a state, but still a government unto himself…

This is how Sadia Dehlvi justified the absence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for the launch of her second book The Sufi Courtyard: Dargahs of Delhi on Monday. “No doubt, politicians are never to be trusted. The Chief Minister told me she was caught up with work as it was the last day for filing of nominations for the MCD polls,” Dehlvi said.

Beyond the initial hiccup, however, the book launch was a success for several reasons. One being the venue itself — the lesser-known courtyard of the Chillah and Khanqah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya — a place, Dehlvi says, from where she began writing her book. ” It is also the place where Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya lived and began his mission of Sufism from,” she said.

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