Each Generation Imagines Itself To Be More intelligent Than The One That Went Before It, And wiser than

Three picture-drawn people came down from their frames,

And dumbly in lippings they told me their names,

Full well though I knew.

from Family Portraits, by Thomas Hardy

Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the sobriquet Aurangzeb (Persian: "Ornament of the Throne") or by his regnal title Alamgir (Persian: "Conqueror of the World"), was the sixth Mughal emperor, who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years. Widely considered to be the last effective ruler of the Mughal Empire, Aurangzeb has also been described as the most controversial ruler in Indian history.

In the faded old imperial palace, Peonies are red, but no one comes to see them... The Summer Palace by Witter Bynner

Happy Holi 2019

Safe to feel our grace 'cause we've all made mistakes

If you've lost your way

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on...

Tom Walker (2017)

Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.

Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. Lightly, lightly— it’s the best advice ever given me. So throw away your baggage and go forward.

Aldous Huxley