SUNDER NURSERY
CONSERVATION OF A HISTORIC URBAN GREEN AND ITS MONUMENTS
Review by Rajnish Wattas
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| The book documents the extraordinary transformation of a neglected colonial nursery into a celebrated heritage landscape. Through a compelling narrative of conservation, ecological restoration, and landscape design, the publication reveals how forgotten monuments and cultural memories can be revived to create a vibrant public realm where history, nature, and contemporary use converge. |
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In a country like ours, strewn with historic monuments all over, how much potential lies half-buried under the sands of time, unsung and unappreciated. But when well-funded charities with requisite skill sets get cooperation from the government concerned, what marvels of art and architectural nuggets –hitherto buried under debris and neglect- come out shining as great works of art and architecture of their times. And they weave together the missing links of history that complete the narrative and chronicle of that time.
The publication ‘Gardens within A Garden: Sunder Nursery, New Delhi’ is one such master class in documentation, conceptualisation and presentation of a complete narrative -- a journey from intent to completion that holds you in trance, as if the soul of a Sufi dervish has mesmerised you. For it is the story of the transformation of a neglected leftover corner of colonial Delhi, undergoing a Cinderella-like transformation from unkempt ground to a Sunder land in the present era. |
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