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Originally posted by: Bindu.

Rose,fairness creams were originally introduced for women and we have many celebrities endorsing them.Later,they were introduced for men too,So,men are endorsing too.

And I absolutely agree with you.Lately,these products and ads are being criticized by the public and few actresses too have refused to promote them.

Originally posted by: lashy

Yes...

But, worry not... Mirza bhaijaan shall not be criticised for using it to impress his mischievous better half😒

Originally posted by: lashy

The Mughal jail carpets

The world renowned Mughal jail carpets, possibly the most expensive carpets in world at present, originated from the Mughal empire under the patronage of one of the greatest mughal emperors, Akbar.

Emperor Akbar, who was illiterate himself was a great propagator of the arts and culture. It was when it was brought to the notice of the emperor that the prisoners used to create a lot of ruckus in the jails that he decided to

reform them. Between 1520-30's he brought some of the finest weavers of carpets from the most well known carpet workshops of Persia to teach the jail birds, the art of weaving carpets.

These jail birds took a lot of pride in their work and they eventually outshone their masters. These carpets were made for the palaces in India and some were also sent abroad in the form of gifts. Since there was no shortage of money, labour or a time constraint, it could take a few hundred

weavers up to 15 years to make a single carpet.

They used the finest wools, velvets, silks and sometimes even Pashmina' (Cashmere) which is considered to be one of the most exotic fibres for weaving shawls for making these carpet. The dyes were all natural dyes/vegetable dyes extracted out of plants, rocks, minerals, insects etc.

These designs were rare and quite different from the traditional Persian , Turkish and Central Asian carpets and a lot of these designs were original Indian patterns prior to the Mughal influence. The most famous jails for carpets were Agra Jail, Lahore Jail, Amritsar Jail, Jaipur jail, Gwalior jail and Bikaner jail.

Originally posted by: Bindu.

That was indeed an interesting article,di..but hundred ppl working for 15 years just for a single one is shocking😲

Originally posted by: lashy

Btw, speaking of Shehenshah Akbar... I came across a beautiful random article about something I haven't heard before, when I was researching about the prison systems in the Mughal times yesterday... I'll post it here...

Gosh I just keep loving this dude more and more!

Originally posted by: Bindu.

What did I do?😕😆

ROFL ROFL ROFL... You were the one who spoke of spotting Ibrahim Mirza in fairness cream ad... and Rose instantly presumed he was buying fairness cream for other girls... and relegated the poor thing to sleep on the couch for a month...

I just finished convincing her that HE was using it to impress Rosejaan, and now your video proves otherwise!

Don't know abt the kickback,but she's surely gonna kick someone hard,watch the ending of the ad!🤣

OMGGG!🤣 I am laughing so hard!

Originally posted by: lashy

Yeah... with all the chatting and the chai breaks, this is what happens...😒

On a more serious note, even today, it takes a group of experienced artisans a year - a year and half, to weave a Persian rug!😊 Don't know how authentic this article is... since there's no carpet-weaving going on in HBAS, I didn't have to research much on this subject! 😆

Nevertheless, you can read up the articles on Mughal jail carpets... there are a couple of them around...

Originally posted by: lashy

'Why why why do these women fight... when they are perfectly aware that I am capable of being ALL of theirs'

Originally posted by: Kalgi22

What? 🤣 🤣 🤣

Originally posted by: lashy