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You Think That was Us! No Not Us

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"Look around! The monuments ‘They’ built, make us proud to this day!" I have been living in India since 1996, I am pretty old to remember anything, as much of my memory has started to fade out. By the way, I am 24 years old! So, living in India has turned out quite well, I have achieved many things that some people still dream about – Let’s say, a decent lifestyle and a good education! My latest achievement is graduating as an architect. Well, I am not here to talk about myself. I am here to talk about architecture. I am here to talk about those pretty monuments we have and are so proud of. Dubai has the tallest building in the world known as Burj Khalifa. So what? We have the great Taj Mahal that was built in 1648 just 373 years ago. How time flies right?  My greatest of the greatest grandfather looking at the Taj Mahal in 1648 must-have thought if this is the level of architecture in 1648 in India, I only wonder what will happen by 2020. Well, my greatest grandfather, I...