A frame filled with History

On the right is the “Gateway of India” – built to welcome King George the V – at the height of power of the British Raj. It also marked the point from which the last British troops left India – marking the decline of the British Raj.

On the left (with the pinkish dome) is the Taj Mahal Hotel – the flagship hotel of the Taj Group. Built by Jamshedji Tata. Legend has it the architectural designs were read the wrong way around – leading to the hotel being built the wrong way around (seriously). Legend also has it that Jamshedji Tata saw a board in a Brit club that said “no dogs or Indians” and built this as a symbol of Indian self respect.

It was also the scene of one of the world’s most public terrorist attacks – when a bunch of Pakistani trained terrorists burst into the Taj with guns and grenades and massacred innocents. Somehow, the scene of the dome going up in flames had most of us in tears – I know that i couldn’t stop the tears – something about my city being bled …

In the middle – is the New Taj – the old and the new are also called the Beauty and the Beast

The Longshot