Time Erases Political Pretensions and Their Monumental Markers

This article is about a writer named Manu S Pillai.

He talks about how buildings made by kings and rulers do not last forever.

Rulers built big, beautiful buildings to show how powerful they were.

But over time, those buildings get old and are forgotten.

Mr. Pillai gives an example of a city in India called Ahmednagar.

Long ago, it was the home of a sultan, or a king.

The city had many lovely buildings.

Now many of those buildings are used as a jail, a warehouse, or even a place for garbage.

The city even got a new name, Ahilyanagar.

This shows how even important-looking things can change over time.