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Since the images of this city are easy to identify, I thought it might be fun to change up our contest. This month instead guessing the picture, please answer the following 3 questions about our nation’s capitol. 1) Who is credited with saving the portrait of George Washington when the White House burned? 2) Which president sold…
I was able to visit New Orleans for the first time ever earlier this month. I went for a Paranormal Romance Writers Conference called Fantasy on the Bayou. It was hosted by Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal, an online Romance Writers Chapter. They had this great scholarship program where, as long as I could get myself…
By Anju Gattani After having understood the grandeur of the 17th Century Mughal Empire in India and the riches that once filled the city of Agra, I returned to our hotel, the ITC Mughal Sheraton, distraught at history’s devastations of these monuments renowned by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. I remembered the words of our…
By Anju Gattani Fatehpur Sikri, The City of Victory, sits approximately 37 km west of Agra, India, along the Jaipur-Agra national highway. Renowned by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, this city of red sandstone with intricate carvings running along pillars and walls like a never ending series of zardosi embroidery was the original abode…
By Anju Gattani Promises were made to be broken… One man builds and another destroys… these and many other thoughts circled my head as we continued to tour the city of Agra, India, where the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri and Agra Fort live. Renowned as one of the Seven Wonders of The World, the Taj…
