Top Tweets for #DilliDehatProject

7 days ago · Noida

@puneetsinghal22 writes, "What Delhi’s villages teach us about development" for Development Studies Association (DSA). #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/vQbfDDIBlv

delhi_dehaat's tweet photo. @puneetsinghal22 writes, "What Delhi’s villages teach us about development" for Development Studies Association (DSA).

#DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject

https://t.co/vQbfDDIBlv https://t.co/WffFqAtq0f

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9 days ago · Noida

@puneetsinghal22 writes, "The photograph that holds two vanishing villages" for the Museum of Material Memory. #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/5aZAgSr7p2

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16 days ago

Thanks, Anica, Delhi houses and @htTweets for giving space to the story of my village. @delhi_dehaat will be little happy today. :) #DilliDehatProject #DilliDehat

Hindustan Times

@htTweets

16 days ago

Devli, a historic village in Delhi, faces urbanization's erasure, losing its cultural roots and the iconic bangla, symbolizing its forgotten heritage. Devli is not easy to find if you do not already know it. It sits somewhere between Sangam Vihar and Sainik Farms in south Delhi, compressed into the gap between two neighbourhoods wildly different from each other -- one a vast unauthorised colony of working people, the other also an unauthorised colony but categorised as “affluent” and is a forested enclave of large houses and concrete lanes. Between them, almost as an afterthought of the city’s expansion, Devli continues to exist. A village that has been absorbing Delhi’s pressure for decades without ever quite becoming Delhi. Tap to read: https://t.co/ur3x2s5bRj (@cultureanica ✍🏻)

htTweets's tweet photo. Devli, a historic village in Delhi, faces urbanization's erasure, losing its cultural roots and the iconic bangla, symbolizing its forgotten heritage.

Devli is not easy to find if you do not already know it. It sits somewhere between Sangam Vihar and Sainik Farms in south Delhi, compressed into the gap between two neighbourhoods wildly different from each other -- one a vast unauthorised colony of working people, the other also an unauthorised colony but categorised as “affluent” and is a forested enclave of large houses and concrete lanes. Between them, almost as an afterthought of the city’s expansion, Devli continues to exist. A village that has been absorbing Delhi’s pressure for decades without ever quite becoming Delhi.

Tap to read: https://t.co/ur3x2s5bRj

(@cultureanica ✍🏻)

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24 days ago

Read, "Delhi villages and the rush to document their vanishing stories" by Saman Husain for @ThePrintIndia covering how I started "Dilli Dehat Project" along with other efforts on Delhi villages. #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/ZtzfTYLIJW

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25 days ago

@puneetsinghal22 Puneet Singh Singhal's opinion piece, "Hauz Khaz, Mehrauli, Burari, Dhaka: The Villages That Delhi Swallowed Up", for @TheQuint Asks can Delhi's villages reclaim their place in the city’s memory? #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/s2W2Daa0rn

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about 1 month ago

Khairpur Village (Lodhi Garden) As Lutyens' Delhi was being drawn into being, Khairpur was quietly unmade. Its people were moved to Kotla Mubarakpur, Jangpura, Noida and across Punjab. Courtesy: lanesoflodhi IG Channel #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject

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about 1 month ago

Dilli Dehat Project had the opportunity to meet and interact with the elders of Jwala Heri and Shadipur villages at the office of Shri Satya Prakash Yadav ji. The discussion focused on the journey of the Dilli Dehat Project so far. #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject

delhi_dehaat's tweet photo. Dilli Dehat Project had the opportunity to meet and interact with the elders of Jwala Heri and Shadipur villages at the office of Shri Satya Prakash Yadav ji.

The discussion focused on the journey of the Dilli Dehat Project so far.

#DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/FdwXCXvPWk

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about 1 month ago

Subscribe to @delhi_dehaat project Youtube channel #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/7HtMj2ex39

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about 1 month ago

Dreams do come true, when I started @delhi_dehaat project, I manifested such beautiful coverage of our village heritage. So glad to be a small part of this. Thanks to Anica Mann and Delhi houses team. #DilliDehatProject #DilliDehat

Hindustan Times

@htTweets

about 1 month ago

This village, in the vicinity of the Yamuna, is Madanpur Khadar. Khadar translates to the fertile new alluvial belt by the river that is below the flood line. It is highly cultivable land and mostly surrounded by villages that work on this land. When the British began making administrative strides in Delhi, this area came under their consideration. The British, around the 1850s, based their decision on issues such as caste or tribe, local influence, extent of landholding, services rendered to the state by a person or their family, and personal character and ability. So, they appointed a Zaildar from the Madanpur Khadar. The position was created so that local issues could be settled at the village-level, where the elderly headmen already had a hegemony over the people and was later also absorbed as member of the British jury. The Zaildars, who were like Chaudharis of the village, then took on this hereditary position to become the administration’s revenue officers, thus extending the influence of the colonial state into the villages. This was an important decision for the British as this Zaildar would control a very large tract of land with several villages under them from the Yamuna to Mehrauli, which comprised over 28 villages. This position had such influence and power that the first Zaildar, this title was included in the official communication. At the outset, Tirkha Ram Zaildar centralised the village by establishing a chaupal where elders sat through the day. It became an area for convening village gatherings and the centre for controlling the trade that was routed through Yamuna, with access to railway track connecting north and south India, something of great interest to the British. As the village administration began to be defined, several communities were brought into the scope, especially the fishing community of the river. The Zail was becoming a behemoth of an administrative district. @cultureanica ✍🏻 in today's special #DelhiHouses. Read in full in today's e-paper 🗞️ Story 🔗 https://t.co/N4PqfmjVWr

htTweets's tweet photo. This village, in the vicinity of the Yamuna, is Madanpur Khadar. Khadar translates to the fertile new alluvial belt by the river that is below the flood line. It is highly cultivable land and mostly surrounded by villages that work on this land.

When the British began making administrative strides in Delhi, this area came under their consideration. The British, around the 1850s, based their decision on issues such as caste or tribe, local influence, extent of landholding, services rendered to the state by a person or their family, and personal character and ability. So, they appointed a Zaildar from the Madanpur Khadar. The position was created so that local issues could be settled at the village-level, where the elderly headmen already had a hegemony over the people and was later also absorbed as member of the British jury.

The Zaildars, who were like Chaudharis of the village, then took on this hereditary position to become the administration’s revenue officers, thus extending the influence of the colonial state into the villages.

This was an important decision for the British as this Zaildar would control a very large tract of land with several villages under them from the Yamuna to Mehrauli, which comprised over 28 villages. This position had such influence and power that the first Zaildar, this title was included in the official communication.

At the outset, Tirkha Ram Zaildar centralised the village by establishing a chaupal where elders sat through the day. It became an area for convening village gatherings and the centre for controlling the trade that was routed through Yamuna, with access to railway track connecting north and south India, something of great interest to the British. As the village administration began to be defined, several communities were brought into the scope, especially the fishing community of the river. The Zail was becoming a behemoth of an administrative district.

@cultureanica ✍🏻 in today's special #DelhiHouses.

Read in full in today's e-paper 🗞️

Story 🔗 https://t.co/N4PqfmjVWr

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about 2 months ago

Thanks, @MinOfCultureGoI #MeraGaonMeriDharohar #DilliDehatProject #DilliDehat @MCD_Delhi @AnandPraka27015 @UNYouthAffairs @WeAreFamilyFdtn

about 2 months ago

Glad to see the article by our Team members, Kumkum and Puneet @puneetsinghal22, titled, "The Story of Sanjhi: A Disappearing Rural Festival of Delhi" on the website of the Ministry of Culture. #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/hHomPDXEVe

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about 2 months ago

Glad to see the article by our Team members, Kumkum and Puneet @puneetsinghal22, titled, "The Story of Sanjhi: A Disappearing Rural Festival of Delhi" on the website of the Ministry of Culture. #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/hHomPDXEVe

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about 2 months ago

Our founder @puneetsinghal22 is going to present a paper in DSA 2026 on Dilli Dehat Project. #DilliDehatProject #DilliDehat https://t.co/ltzTSLXCSG

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about 2 months ago

Our Founder Puneet Singh Singhal @puneetsinghal22 sharing the story behind the inception of Dilli Dehat Project. #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject

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Gagandeep Singh Khadar @connect_gagan

about 2 months ago

#DilliDehatProject

about 2 months ago

Honoured to be speaking at my alma mater on the history, law, and policy that have shaped Delhi into one of the most environmentally challenged cities in the world—and how, in this process, indigenous voices were largely left unheard.

connect_gagan's tweet photo. Honoured to be speaking at my alma mater on the history, law, and policy that have shaped Delhi into one of the most environmentally challenged cities in the world—and how, in this process, indigenous voices were largely left unheard. https://t.co/EIMMwLWxvI

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about 2 months ago

Quest to document a fading heritage of rural Delhi : @delhi_dehaat #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/lPlHclr3hc @Patriot_Delhi

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about 2 months ago

Represented by @puneetsinghal22, Gagandeep Singh Khadar @connect_gagan, and Parth Shokeen, we consider it our responsibility to contribute constructively to any effort that seeks to preserve the heritage of Delhi’s villages. @MCD_Delhi #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject

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about 2 months ago

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel #DilliDehatProject #DilliDehat https://t.co/5kZJWnOA49

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about 2 months ago

Subscribe to @delhi_dehaat YouTube Channel: https://t.co/CdVZXr54eq #DilliDehat #DilliDehatProject https://t.co/b7J9qWb68s

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