Red sandstone and marbles were some of the materials used to construct the Red Fort. Large flat base walls were constructed in the past to over tower its invaders hence protecting the inner structure of the city. As we stand before it, we felt inferior to this magnificent Mughal structure. Its intricacy and rustic feel reminds me very much of Pete Teo's 'Rustic Living for Urbanites' album. I would like to think that he came here once and got inspired to write debut album.
We were dropped off like cargo items on to unknown land. As a matter of fact, our driver dropped us on the other side of the fort, the entrance was like a 20 minutes walk away. We did get to take in the full structure from its sides. Surrounding the fort is the moat, basically a stream of river surrounding it to defend invaders, of course it is all dried up now with spiky grass. Molt is generally used in many advance civilization at that time. Japan, Europe and even China uses this design approach to protect their ego.
As we approached the entrance, we saw the magnificent facade against the morning sun. Falcons and other local birds graces its crown. The India flag flaps to the beat of the wind and out hearts stopped. Flabbergasted, we pinched ourselves and realized that this is happening. India has here, India is now!