Hero's Welcome

A little over 150 year ago, through this gateway in the Purani Chaawni area, Maharajah of Dholpur used to enter his royal palace and court and held grand Darbars. His courtiers {mostly, men of extraordinary talents, along with their Maharajah, many of them went to fight in wars for British empire and won awards and laurels.} would assemble next to this gateway and give him a hero's welcome. Musicians used to occupy the place above the gateway and play shehnai. Today at the very spot unauthorized encroachments have been done by some men of extraordinary, apathetic talents. Unconcerned authorities of today laugh and look the other way at suggestions to improve and restore this little mighty thing of history, 'our history', our own history, created by our forefathers for us to enjoy the fruits of today..