Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The poor man's Taj

In these days of recession everyone understands cost-cutting. But is this a new phenomenon?
When Aurangzeb tried to outdo his father, I guess his empire was already in recession. So, is the Bibi-ka-Maqbara a cheaper version of the Taj? Isn't that strange? Usually, if you want to outdo a previous attempt you would do better than the first. But then imitations are never as good as the originals, are they?

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