Last week, was watching in some informatics channel a documentary of how taj mahal was build. Its pure engineering, nothing more or less. It is great building stand tall for engineers to come and learn. In a age which don't enjoy as much as we do now with machines, automation, tools, it is amazed to see what could imagination of one person, dedication of thousand crafts men, turn into a building. Starting from the foundation of the building, where hundreds of huge column were made and filled with sand so as to create a structure, which could stand strong on the banks of Yamuna River. Moving the marble stones from Rajasthan to Agra could not be easy task. I was surprised to listen that the great emperor created artificial famine in Agra so that he could divert all food supplies to support the work force there. In the fast moving world could we create a wonder, which will stand tall for centuries to come? I doubt? Only time have to tell us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq5H9nvjrmA
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