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Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs
Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs
Business and Economy
by  AFP

In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last few selling literature in a language beloved by poets for centuries. Sellers first set up stores in the Urdu Bazaar in the 1920s, selling stacks of books from literature to religion, politics and history -- as well as texts in Arabic and Persian.