Comments on: A Visit to the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri - Part I http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/ Travelling is good Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:56:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: manish khamesra http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/#comment-1026 manish khamesra Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:59:31 +0000 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/#comment-1026 Hi Shreyasi, Thanks for visiting Ghumakkar as well as liking the post. I went to Sikri in Nov last year for the first time. I was not expecting it to be so beautiful and well kept. It seems you had some very bad experience there. In case you feel things can change by putting forth your observation, please do share them. In general we like a place or not highly depends upon the experience with the people in that place too. We MUST learn as we Indians (esp the North indians, I am part of it) have very bad reputation among tourists and its our conduct in general that create such reputation. Hi Shreyasi,

Thanks for visiting Ghumakkar as well as liking the post. I went to Sikri in Nov last year for the first time. I was not expecting it to be so beautiful and well kept.

It seems you had some very bad experience there. In case you feel things can change by putting forth your observation, please do share them. In general we like a place or not highly depends upon the experience with the people in that place too. We MUST learn as we Indians (esp the North indians, I am part of it) have very bad reputation among tourists and its our conduct in general that create such reputation.

]]> By: Shreyasi Singh http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/#comment-1024 Shreyasi Singh Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:42:31 +0000 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/#comment-1024 Hi Manish, It was good reading your post on Fatehpur Sikri. It was one of my favorite destinations too...until I revisited it again at the end of January. We had actually gone on a bird watching trip to Bharatpur and I was very keen that we cover Fatehpur as well. But, now I wish I hadn't gone. It was disillusioning to see the degeneration of the place, the way it has been forced to become a parasite for the entire town around it. I don't blame the residents of the area but how can one not be upset at the way our rich history is sold for so little every single day? I had gone to Fatehpur Sikri after 9 years! I hope things are better in 2017. Hi Manish,

It was good reading your post on Fatehpur Sikri. It was one of my favorite destinations too…until I revisited it again at the end of January. We had actually gone on a bird watching trip to Bharatpur and I was very keen that we cover Fatehpur as well. But, now I wish I hadn’t gone. It was disillusioning to see the degeneration of the place, the way it has been forced to become a parasite for the entire town around it. I don’t blame the residents of the area but how can one not be upset at the way our rich history is sold for so little every single day? I had gone to Fatehpur Sikri after 9 years! I hope things are better in 2017.

]]> By: Celine http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/#comment-984 Celine Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:34:17 +0000 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/01/29/a-visit-to-the-abandoned-city-of-fatehpur-sikri-part-i/#comment-984 Manish, I'm back to reading your Part I after reading your Part II and I am not quite sure where and how do I begin to comment on Part II? Lately, probably because of my recent trip, I felt the need to get more information on the history of Mughals, Akbar in particular, and with special interest in his liberal approach to religion, and therefore could comment on this topic. You seem to be admiring him in this post, while I did not feel you felt similarly in Part II. Anyway, until I put my thoughts together to comment on Part II, let me first thank you here (though belated) for your generous compliments. I'm delighted that you liked my pictures. As I've assured Nandan, I shall contribute to ghumakkar shortly and yes, I'm sure to enjoy it since it will be my first experience beyond my humble blog. Once again, thanks a lot for your encouragement. :) Manish,

I’m back to reading your Part I after reading your Part II and I am not quite sure where and how do I begin to comment on Part II? Lately, probably because of my recent trip, I felt the need to get more information on the history of Mughals, Akbar in particular, and with special interest in his liberal approach to religion, and therefore could comment on this topic. You seem to be admiring him in this post, while I did not feel you felt similarly in Part II.

Anyway, until I put my thoughts together to comment on Part II, let me first thank you here (though belated) for your generous compliments. I’m delighted that you liked my pictures.

As I’ve assured Nandan, I shall contribute to ghumakkar shortly and yes, I’m sure to enjoy it since it will be my first experience beyond my humble blog. Once again, thanks a lot for your encouragement. :)

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