Allahabad: Where the Rivers Meet

The diverse cultural faces of the city are presented in the words of writers who know Allahabad intimately. A city with a Buddhist past, a Hindu identity, an Islamic heritage, and a Christian presence, Allahabad was a highly, active power centre during the freedom struggle and produced political leaders, lawyers, civil servants, and intellectuals in its heyday. Contemporary Allahabad, retains the best of the old and is selectively absorbing the new. Contents : Avatars and Antecedents; Where Nectar Spilt; Akbar's Ilahabas; Salim's Taswirkhana; For Company and Queen; Vande Bharatam; In Eastmancolor; The Rule of Law; Banyan Tree; Prayagvad in Hindi Writing; Urdu and Persian Literature; Nehru and Later; A New Triveni