NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~THREAD 47-CHAPTER 52, TSR for 53 UPD - Page 153

Originally posted by: lghosh

Slithering through the embracing hues,

travels the road to a far of land;

The trees shower its foliage to adorn,

on its side to paint it scarlet grand!

Below the greenish range at its foothill,

the road curves around the bend.

Even the snowy rugged mount look on,

following its ascend and descend!

Both sides of the road sadly grimace and see,

they travel alongside but they can never meet!

Green friends, eagerly on both sides, ask -

'When can they travel along with it'?

The road smiles saying it is better this way,

it can chat and spend more time with them.

Unlike its two sides who says hello from far

but can't meet, no matter from where they stem!

Through the mountains, rivers or woods, runs the road on its way,

Helping all to reach their destination it carries traffic night or day!

Originally posted by: lashy

Rekha thou shalt have to wait for tomorrow😔...

Shhh... Bhabhijaan is resting well! ❤️

Originally posted by: Bindu.

Wanted to add the assassin part but didn't want to confuse our new member😆 Also,being introduced by others is better than self-introduction in such matters😆😆

Originally posted by: lashy

You say you help your people

While good men are being burned in a pit

You say you want no prejudice

But you're just a hypocrite

You say you follow religion

While God's basic principles you omit

You say you are royal and righteous

But you're just a hypocrite

You say you're fair and charitable

While many poor drudge in grit

You say you'd give them all opportunity

But you're just a hypocrite.

You say you care for your kin

While your selfishness on them you inflict

You say you love your family

But you're just a hypocrite

You say you'll uphold honour

while crooks win as their judges acquit

You carp and cavil at other's weaknesses

Oh weak one, and that makes you the biggest hypocrite!

Originally posted by: lashy

What's the weather like there girls? It's already 10 degrees here and I've had to start wearing gloves 😲

Of course noon it goes up to 15 16

Originally posted by: lashy

The novel is approximately set in 1640-1650s - i.e. around the time of Aurangazeb's ascension to power...

As mentioned HBAS is only inspired and not directly derived from the Mughal Empire chronicles, the timings might be a bit off...

But even in reality, Aurangazeb ascended the throne only when he was 40. Shah Jahan when he was 36. Salim (Jahangir - Akbar's son) when he was 36.

After Shehenshah Akbar, who ascended the throne at 14, I'd think none of the Emperors came to power very young - because of politics, family feuds and spending most of their younger years (twenties) killing off brothers and other male competition to the throne 😡

Originally posted by: lashy

A question for you girls.

This comes up in the next chapter.

Can you guess what it is. Two guesses per baisa. One-word guesses. Let's see who gets it right. 😃

You can enlarge the page, Rose...

But girls, try not to use google 😈

Originally posted by: lashy