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The Baolis of Delhi Blogs: Digression in Mehrauli Archaeological Park or The Road Less Taken by Medha Sharma

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“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” -Robert Frost On a chilly winter morning, three bravehearts— or let's just say three girls from the Research Wing Delhi Group at Speaking Archaeologically—took upon themselves the task of exploring the baolis of Delhi. Though I might have sounded as if  we were going to fight a war in Siachen, yet it was a war with lax bureaucracy, nonetheless.  We started our job with the baolis of Mehrauli on a working day and on the 41 acres of sparsely populated area with almost no security, we were welcomed by a guard who looked at us as if we were loons. Our day was set, we were supposed to study about the baolis and compose a vulnerability report. However, instead of taking the trodden part we thought of digressing a bit. What could possibly go wrong with that? So, led on the road not taken by just our curiosity , we came across a sign board that read Bagh Nazir, ironically next...