Our friendship is not such a shallow thing
And to the shores where bloom moon-buds let us sail;
The waters are deep and true, the winds wouldn’t fail,
In lucent calm swiftly the heaven-birds wing

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Plant tall trees in the deep soil, deep season,
When the winds are calm, when the sun is mild,
And the arguments of time that have been piled

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Lives of two Mughal princes, whose character sketches have been distorted by historians, their relations, religious views and a bitter struggle over political control of the culturally and economically rich empire, were explored at a programme attended by a small gathering of people on Wednesday evening. Dara Shikoh, heir apparent of Emperor Shah Jahan, and his younger brother, Aurangzeb, were the central figures of the interesting discourse, New perspectives on the Mughals: the case of Dara Shikoh.

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