the title 'ghalib's delhi might seem to call for a straight descriptiono f delhiand district between 1800 and 1870. but with whose eyes are we to view the delhi scene? the same objectsmay convey different impressions to the minds of different individuals, according to the quality oftheir consciousness. the delhi scene, for example, presented very different pictures to the landholder and retired adventurer like james skinner, to the administrator like fortescue, ot the traveller like jacquemment or bishop heber, to