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To understand Patiala is to recognise it as a city born of tactical necessity and refined through cultural ambition. Unlike the Mughal metropolises of the north or the planned colonial cantonments, it emerged within the ‘Malwa’ region of Punjab, part of the cis-Sutlej tract, in the eighteenth-…
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If forts and palaces constitute Patiala’s architectural memory, then its food operates as the city’s aftertaste, carrying forward histories that architecture alone cannot contain. Situated within the Malwa region of Punjab, part of the cis-Sutlej tract, the culinary landscape of the city of Patiala…
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Every city has localities where, if one tries hard enough, everything can be found. Tripuri is Patiala’s very own Magic Lamp. In August 2025, when my mother and I visited Tripuri to understand the ethnic footprint that its migrants left on the city, we were ecstatic to experience a sense of…
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Patiala stands out for its artisans and knowledge traditions, but upon visiting the city, what becomes apparent is how green it is. In addition to the Baradari Bagh, its universities boast of botanical gardens and it is surrounded by Bir forest reserves, with the nearest being adjacent to Moti Bagh…
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