The ancient lanes of Dalmandi in Varanasi have fallen silent, save for the mechanical growl of bulldozers and the muffled sobs of displaced families. In a brazen display of state-orchestrated erasure, Indian authorities have marked six mosques for demolition—including the 226-year-old Mirza Karimullah Beg Mosque—under the threadbare pretext of road widening. Over a hundred homes...
