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History is full of the accounts of those who imposed their absolute power against popular will.

— Mubarak Ali

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If history remains neutral and does not condemn and declare such acts as immoral, it would fail to create any consciousness about these evil deeds.

When we talk about culture, it includes literature, paintings, music, dance, sculpture, folklores, festivals, and celebrations.

Historical process is not a linear one. It is also not stagnant. On the contrary, it moves ahead and brings changes to social, political and economic structure.

Power intoxicates those who hold it.

However, the question who built Taj Mahal no longer remains a mystery. Surely it was not built by Shah Jahan but by architects, calligraphers, masons, stone-cutters, and metal workers and ordinary laborers who built it and made it a symbol of creative mind of the Indian society.

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