The most beautiful thing ever made also contains unspeakable suffering.
A magnificent mausoleum, commissioned by Shah Jahan as a monument for his most loved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, designed by the architect Ustad Isa, formed by the hands of 20,000 men, the Taj Mahal was built behind an encircling wall for sixteen years, intended to be unveiled at day's first light, revealing a pure and complete glory that could be experienced just once before, like us and everything, it began to decay. Rajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj does not show the edifice or its builders to us, instead allowing the dome, the minarets, the gardens, the marble, turquoise, jade, and lapis lazuli to be seen through the eyes of the two lowliest guards tasked to defend it.…
The most beautiful thing ever made also contains unspeakable suffering.
A magnificent mausoleum, commissioned by Shah Jahan as a monument for his most loved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, designed by the architect Ustad Isa, formed by the hands of 20,000 men, the Taj Mahal was built behind an encircling wall for sixteen years, intended to be unveiled at day's first light, revealing a pure and complete glory that could be experienced just once before, like us and everything, it began to decay. Rajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj does not show the edifice or its builders to us, instead allowing the dome, the minarets, the gardens, the marble, turquoise, jade, and lapis lazuli to be seen through the eyes of the two lowliest guards tasked to defend it.…