tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197260702011-12-31T11:53:51.409+05:30At 22, I realize I have inadequate grey cells. In a move to better my apathetic condition I am starting this blog. It'll carry little things I learn. I hope to keep it updated with fresh content everyday. I respect the power of the Internet, from which I have learned more than I could from all the books I ever managed to read.Mahafreed Iraninoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19726070.post-45152445956174087272007-09-30T23:23:00.000+05:302007-10-01T00:28:43.575+05:30<span class="cnntrvtext">The Tata-owned Taj Mahal hotel is a popular haunt for tourists from around the world.<br />Some say the hotel was built facing away from the harbour, which is why it's French architect jumped overboard and committed suicide when he arrived by boat to see his masterpiece for the first time.<br />Some say Jamsetji Tata intentionally asked for it to be built facing away from the Gateway of India(a monument built to welcome </span><span class="cnntrvtext">King George V and Queen Mary) because he wasn't allowed to stay in a British-owned hotel.<br />But did you know that the Taj Mahal Hotel was commissioned before the foundation stone of the Gateway of India was laid?<br />If it was, the second story is untrue.<br /><a href="http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=18.921927&amp;lon=72.833894&amp;z=18&amp;l=0&amp;m=a&amp;v=2">Satellite overview</a><br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19726070-4515244595617408727?l=mahafreed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mahafreed Iraninoreply@blogger.com1