About the Book: From the bylanes of-Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
Shah Jahans love for kakris and tarbuz… the secret of Purani Haveli… Shashi
Kapoors sweet tooth… the story behind the Pir of Bachon Ka Ghar… the miracles of
the Sufi saints…the Mughal emperors love for Gangajal…. All this and more in
this refreshing bouquet culled from the gardens of myth and truth that RV Smith
has frequented for six decades to bring to his readers these stories in The
Hindu and The Statesman. Smith Sahib knows the gossip and legends that spilled
over in the city streets, the whispers that once floated down its lanes