U KNOW ???????????????

The Red Fort has finally found a place in UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. You know - It does come as a surprise, given that the last time the Red Fort was under consideration. Its candidacy had been rejected because UNESCO did not have confidence that the ASI could meet maintenance standards.

Any visitor to the Red Fort knows that the Structure is magnificent. One can easily notice Red Sandstone, the tricolor, large fields , green grass, flowers and the palpable sense of being in the midst of history .................... it is all there.
But how many people (visitors) take care of it. Do they give importance ?????????????????
A closer look, however, reveals the unfortunate tendency of the average Indian to literally spit in the face of heritage. I am not able to understand that why they can't understand the importance of this heritage. Isn't it precious for us??

This is the real tragedy of the commons in India : what belongs to everyone actually belongs to no one. While most Indians keep their homes clean, they think nothing of dirtying their neighbourhoods, roads or even monuments. For some people - public places are not to take pride in, but to dump our garbage and use as open-air toilets.
Our treatment to these buildings reflects our immaturity and lacking in civic sense.

Announcing Red Fort's inclusion in the list, UNESCO described it as representative of Mughal creativity. But the present day Red Fort owes more to the modern India's creativity than anything else. Yes, I am talking about the "Nakasshi" by General Public.

Once I had heard from my Great Grand pa that the fort was designed as an imitation of paradise as described in Qur'an, a couplet inscribed in the palace reads "If there be a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here".

I AM NOT SURE ------------------ ABOUT THE INDIAN IDEA OF
PARADISE.
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