01343nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100002700060245004700087260003400134300003400168520084500202773003401047942000701081952010901088  c533213d533213260429b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPernau, Margrit960330  aPhoolwalon ki Sair : A history of emotions  aEconomic & Political Weekly    a61(13), Mar 28, 2026: p.54-60  aThe Phoolwalon ki Sair, the flower sellers’ festival, takes place every year in Mehrauli. In October 2025, administrative delays led to the cancellation of this centuries-old symbol of religious pluralism. While modern discourse emphasises communal harmony and national integration, the festival’s emotional history is more layered. This paper traces its evolution from a 19th-century monsoon celebration defined by shringara, or erotic love, to a late-Mughal expression of muhabbat between the king and his subjects. Following its 1961 revival, it was reinvented as a state-patronised secular tradition. The study explores how shifting emotional vocabularies continue to shape the festival’s social significance and contemporary contestations.-Reproduced 

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  aEconomic & Political Weekly    cAR  00102ddc40709408383aIIPAbIIPAd2026-04-29h61(13), Mar 28, 2026: p.54-60pAR138724r2026-04-29yAR