‘Erasing History’: Safvi on Akhunji mosque demolition in Mehrauli

"Mehrauli is the palimpsest of history. It is the first city of Delhi and it has been continually inhabited from 800 AD. Erasing that is erasing a part of the history. Not just Indian history, but the history of a particular community also," said historian Rana Safvi on the recently demolished Akhunji mosque in Delhi's Mehrauli district.