DAILY PHOTO: Gate to the Bibi Ka Maqbara

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Bibi ka Maqbara; Aurangabad

What a thing it is to be 
   trapped under a shadow.

To be grand,
  but not the grandest.

To be old,
  but not the oldest.

To argue your distinction,
  but be too similar to avoid 
   comparison to the marvel.

Better to be a shoddy original
 than a second-rate colossus. 

DAILY PHOTO: Bibi Ka Maqbara

Taken in 2014 in Aurangabad

DAILY PHOTO: A Line of Vendor Carts, Aurangabad

Taken in 2014 in Aurangabad

DAILY PHOTO: Bibi Ka Maqbara

Taken in October of 2014 in Aurangabad.

DAILY PHOTO: Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad

Taken in October of 2014 in Aurangabad.

DAILY PHOTO: Food For Thought For the Week Ahead

Taken in October of 2014 at Daulatabad Fort

Taken in October of 2014 at Daulatabad Fort

 

As you enjoy your weekend, if at any point dread of the work-week to come arises, take a moment to reflect on the fact that at least you don’t have this guy’s job carrying stones on your head up several flight of uneven stone steps all day – everyday.

DAILY PHOTO: Gray Langurs Sittin’ Around

Taken in November of 2014 at Daulatabad Fort

Taken in November of 2014 at Daulatabad Fort

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DAILY PHOTO: Buddha in a Cave

Taken in November of 2014 in Ellora Caves

Taken in November of 2014 in Ellora Caves

DAILY PHOTO: On the Trail of Mr. Kool-aid

Taken in November of 2014 in Aurangabad

Taken in November of 2014 in Aurangabad

I can’t claim that I actually saw Mr. Kool-Aid bust through this wall, but it certainly looks like that destructive bastard’s work. That menace will be captured and brought to justice.