From the splendour of the Taj Mahal we stopped for lunch at 'Sheroes hangout'. This cafe is run by women who have had acid thrown over them. They bravely run this extraordinarily clean cafe serving good food and you can watch interviews made by the women telling their stories. Their uniforms are impeccable (compare the slightly grubby ones of the hotel staff here). It is incredibly moving. You pay what ever you want. These ladies are just as beautiful as the Taj Mahal.
And to complete the love story, in the afternoon we visited Agra fort where Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son until he died and was buried next to his beloved Mumtaz mahal. This massive fort was the palace of Shah Jahan so it has a divan-i-am (hall for public audiences) and divan-i-khas (private audience hall) but it also has his room where he could see in the distance his Taj Mahal.
And to complete the love story, in the afternoon we visited Agra fort where Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son until he died and was buried next to his beloved Mumtaz mahal. This massive fort was the palace of Shah Jahan so it has a divan-i-am (hall for public audiences) and divan-i-khas (private audience hall) but it also has his room where he could see in the distance his Taj Mahal.
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