"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair" Charles Dickens; A Tale of two cities Capitol Hill under siege There is no better description of the current global socio-political scenario than these infamous words of Dickens. After a year of pandemic and political incapacity to unanimously contain an emergency situation at the global center stage, the world is witnessing a dichotomy that has never been so evident before. In contrast to the Cold War era, when the world was divided into two distinct blocks with individuals from each of the block fighting and dying for their own political ideology, the current division is present deeper within the masses in respective countries. US elections 2020 revealed that this division is rampant with
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Greetings,
ReplyDeleteThank you for this!
Lovely picture.
All good wishes,
robert
hmm...when ever I look at this photo...it is giving me new story...
ReplyDeleteA very thought provoking picture..Namrah...
Emperor Jahangir, portrayed in this contemporary painting, has remained one of the most enigmatic and charismatic figures in our history. Here, he wanted to be seen as preferring Sufis over the kings (the monarch in the bottom-left corner is apparently the contemporary British king, James I).
ReplyDeleteThe Indian subcontinent ( the modern Label) is so much indebted to all our Mughal Emperer's taste, their approach to art , music etc
ReplyDeleteYet some of their personal life was so sad specially in the last few years of their lives.
But then This is the fate of all creative persons even in modern times, I suppose.
A much awaited post from you Namrah my little friend