SAND DUNES OF MIND!

Ladies and gentlemen, of a great esteem;

Welcome aboard the ‘thought-machine’!

Thoughts,dear,are the sand-dunes of mind-

Keep shifting their base from time to time.



Your eyes do observe what is directly in line,

The brain shapes it into a ‘thought’ sublime;

Process repeats like a programmed machine,

Images germinate, though, as a normal routine.



We shall soon embark upon a tour of history,

Our pro-active minds will unveil its mysteries;

Kindly have a glance at the menu in your tray-

Where, we also have two imagess on display!



Right, these images are two statements in stone-

Of two themes on life, without flesh and bones;

While one defines love of a king in its pristine form-

The other is an embodiment of ‘thinking storm’.



Well! unique in concept, both have no peers--

Though separated by time by two hundreds years;

Dignified and graceful,they have their own shine--

Undobtedly,the classy ideas from the womb of times!










First snap displays ‘Taj Mahal’s’ grandeour,

Which graces the list of world’s seven wonders;

On the banks of river Yamuna,it stands so fast,

River might be polluted, its splendour does last.



A number of buildings make Taj Mahal complex-

From a 'marbled mausoleum' to 'red stone' mosque;

A thousand elephants were used to cart the stores,

Artisans came from Baghdad, Bukhara and Lahore.



Built slowly over two decades by 22000 workmen-

It commemorates a queen who bore 14 children;

She died in child-birth, when she was thirty nine-

In 19 years of marriage, she conceived 14 times.



Was it royal love or simple lust of a Moghul king?

When history is doctored, do we ought to cling?

Tragically, another gory fact we ought to know--

To guard exclusivity,craftsmen‘s hands had to go.



The King and the queen,no doubts, are immortalised,

Today, land-sharks want the place to be commercialised !

Some times back there was a plan to build a ‘Taj corridor’-

Supreme Court stalled the project of multi-million crores.























The second snap on your screen is a statue in bronze-

It was sculpted as ‘The Thinker’ by Auguste Rodin;

It evokes many visions though eyes do not blink;

Also,very pensive mood does force you to think .



Born in 1840, ‘Rodin’ was past forty two years-

When ‘The Thinker’, ‘Adam and ‘Eve’ did appear;

At the age of twenty-four he had married ‘Rose;

At forty three, love banished and it led to divorce.



‘Balzac‘ and ‘The Kiss’ were his other creations-

Then, ‘Walking man’ too, created a sensation;

Rolling in fame he discarded two more wives!

‘Rose’ came back, months before they both died.



‘Rodin’ is an example as to how a ‘thinking man’-

Makes gem for the society but lacks maritial elan;

As name and fame comes, one craves for more-

And treats one’s ‘lady-love’ as a disposable whore.



These are the thoughts which comes to my mind-

Realities of historical myths we ought to unwind;

Don't you blindly accept what history books say ?

Glamourised tales always, real truth they betray.



'Taj' and the 'Thinker' are the product of selfish deeds,

Both of them used women for their sexual needs;

If 'Rodin' ditched three women for name and fame-

'Mumtaz's' 14 children over 19 years, who will explain?



Strange but true, both were married for 19 years-

'Rodin' to 'Rose' and 'Shahjehan' to 'Mumtaz', dears!

And when success smiled, Rodin left the lady in learch;

To build a monument for the queen, the king did splurge.