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Charbagh

Bina Shah December 17, 2003

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#5 Posted by Tolckinen on December 21, 2003 1:14:14 pm
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#4 Posted by temporal on December 18, 2003 9:45:03 am
binoo:

...am afraid have not seen much by him therefore appreciated this...am more familiar with his father`s works...

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#3 Posted by Bina_Shah on December 18, 2003 7:56:23 am
I`ve been to the Taj and I agree with what you say about it. It has an incredible aura, even from miles away when you are approaching it, or when you see it from across the river. It almost vibrates with some kind of energy. When you get there it seems larger than life. And it is absolutely harmonious and beautiful to see. The only thing I didn`t like was that they took away my camera from me at the gate, because it had a radio in it (I don`t know why, I never used the radio part), and that the underground part where the tombs actually were smelled awful!!!

But I`m glad I saw it, because it`s something you can never forget.
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#2 Posted by PaagalInsaan on December 18, 2003 7:56:06 am





* q u e s t i o n


Is it okay to express one`s creativity and communicate one`s inner vision to the audience through art as well as text, rather than art alone? How does reading or not reading the text affect the Alice-in-Wonderland feeling?




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#1 Posted by yogiraj on December 17, 2003 11:02:16 am
Binajee,

Perhaps one of the best sculptures made, if you could... still exists. It is called Taj.

No. It does not fit in the normal definition of ``sculpture`` (whatever it means).

Actually, it is a charbagh. ``Char`` is four in my language. And ``Bhag`` is portion or side (it also means divide!!). So equal.. So proportionate...So serene. Taj is equal from all four sides.

Please do visit and see it youself.

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