Peace process can be fostered and augmented through people to people contact (Stated by Ms Musarat Qadeem) Executive Director Paiman Trust.
In respect of our Pakistani delegation an overwhelming reception by an Indian Media and the management of Heritage Institute of Hotel & Tourism at Agra happened. The second day of an August-2010 was planned to attend press conference at Agra to do a meaningful and positive advocacy through media so that a process of bringing peace and solidarity between India and Pakistan.
The plenary was organized, in which some senior journalists attended the session and reflected over the positive relationship of Pakistani and Indian media over the current status of information sharing at mass level. Positive media is the only solution to bring awareness regarding a variety of activities of both the countries in a very productive manner. It was agreed that, many things are similar and common between these two neighbors and the new generation of both the countries respects each other and values an Asian culture and civilization.
Mr. Siraj Qureshi, Chief Correspondent (The Indian Express) seconded Ms. Qadeem about her move of having interaction of both the countries at people to people level so that differences, if there are any persistent at countries’ level could be addressed for confidence building and positive reinforcement. He reiterated about the role of media must be respected and in other hand media should understand and promote the atmosphere of information sharing and to be able to bring and depict the real picture of fact findings before the mass.
Later, team decided to visit Taj Mahal which was quite near to Heritage Institute of Hotel and Tourism. One of the wonders in the world is located in Agra city in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is quite close to the national capital, New Delhi. It was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Shahjahan was the fifth of the Mogul rulers and Mumtaz Mahal was his second wife. She was the daughter of the Prime Minister in Shah Jahan's father, Jahangir's court. Shah Jahan was deeply in love with his lady and took her along wherever he went. She died at a tender age of 39 during one such expedition of the emperor in 1630. It is believed that in her dying moments, Mumtaz Mahal had expressed a wish of a monument to be built in her memory. Devastated with grief at the loss of his dear wife, the emperor decided to commemorate his love for her in the most wonderful structure the world has ever seen.
A manuscript called, the 'Diwan-i-Muhandis' dating back to to the 17th century brings forth the name of its architect. It was a Persian engineer cum astrologer named Ustad Ahmad, a resident of Lahore, who designed the Taj Mahal. It is said that the king grieved for two years, spent most of his time secluded and alone in agony. His son, Aurangzeb, who assumed the Mogul throne, imprisoned him in the Agra Fort from where he could see the splendid structure. He passed away during this sojourn, with the Taj Mahal in front of him. It houses the tombs of Mumtaz Mahal and the Emperor Shah Jahan, who wished to be laid to rest besides his beloved wife.
Having visited Taj Mahal, we managed to visit Agra Forte which was also on the way back to Delhi.
The brief history of is associated with Akbar, king at 14, began consolidating his empire and, as an assertion of his power built the fort in Agra between 1565 and 1571, coeval with the construction of Humayun's tomb in Delhi. The Agra fort retains the irregular outline of the demolished mud-wall fort of the Lodis. The lofty battlements o the new fort cast its protective shadow over the far stretching mansions of court that nobles and princes built along the riverfront. The magnificent towers, bastions and ramparts and majestic gateways symbolized the confidence and power of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar.
The fort contains splendid palaces both in red sandstone and white marble built by two generations of prolific builders Akbar and later Jehangir and Shahjahan.
The fort is encircled by a fetid moat. The lofty battlements of the Agra fort cast its protective shadow over the far stretching mansions of nobles and princes built along the riverfront. The magnificent towers, bastions and ramparts and majestic gateways symbolized the confidence and power of the third Mughal emperor.
The fort contains splendid palaces both in red sandstone and white marble built by two generations of prolific builders, Akbar and later on by Jahangir and Shahjahan. Of the nearly Akbari buildings built in the Bengal and Gujarati traditions, only a few have survived, arrayed in a band on the riverfront.
The evening time was full of home work assignments for another day to begun with tremendous expectations by team to learn from the speakers.
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