If some random guy told me that Shah Jahan built it for his wife Mumtaz Mahal i would readily agree to it but now since historians have confirmed it , I really don't buy that story. I have arrived at this from my own experiences. The last thing i built for Aakriti was neither the India Gate nor the Jama Masjid, but instead a hand made card on our 3rd month anniversary. I spoke to a friend of mine Vikrant about this and he said that the only thing he gave Candice ever was a wooden purse with a security code... ( Yes in Paris you do get that )
You could endlessly argue with me that Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal lived in a period where true love blossomed. But even then , I am pretty sure that it would not have been possible for Shah Jahan to love his wife the same for over 20 years. Perhaps it was good for Shah Jahan that his wife was no longer alive when he started building the Taj otherwise he would have stopped it a 100 times ...
Remember that story that Shah Jahan had cut the thumbs of all his workers after the Taj Mahal was erected, so that the Taj Mahal wouldn't be made ever again (talk about copyright laws). This is all crap, utter Bullshit. Here is the true story : The day the thumbs were cut, Shah Jahan remembered how one day Mumtaz had refused to serve him dinner. Mumtaz had been on the phone with her mother the whole day long, and hence could not serve dinner for Shah Jahan. This had completely pissed off the King of the World, he could not do anything about it... But now as she was dead he could take independent decisions , so he stopped all the work at the Taj and ordered the thumbs of all craftsmen to be cut.
It was not until next morning that Shah Jahan resumed all word at the site. My guess is Shah Jahan remembered how his wife served him otherwise (don't forget the couple had 14 kids)
Initially the Taj Mahal was supposed to be a tribute to his wife Mumtaz Mahal ONLY, but when she died Shah Jahan decided to combine the five other tributes that he was planning to build (for his earlier girlfriends) with the Taj Mahal. That is why today you see one tomb and four Minarets along with it. You probably wonder what the hell happened to the 5th Girlfriend, that is why the Taj Mahal is built on the banks of the river Yamuna. His 5th gf's name was Yamuna.
I know you wont believe me ... But neither do i believe myself ...
Is this really the exam pressure ?? .. :S:S:S
2 comments:
did they have fones at that time for mumtaz mahal to call her mom?
lol .. maybe they did, Americans always hide inventions .. !
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