442 Prince, Emperor, Sage - Bābur and the Bāburnāma (with Anuradha)
The History of Literature
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I Think He'd Like to Be an Artist and a Poet
There does seem to be an element of looking back on a life and I wonder if part of it was as he felt his own death approaching he wanted to kind of celebrate what it meant to be a human being. He definitely had those inborn leadership qualities and you know qualities of an emperor and he was brave and all of that, but I think it was because the duty part was because he had a lot of responsibility at a very early age. And I think deep within him, he would have definitely wanted to be an artist and a poet. It just seems to I think he's a romantic at heart and I would I wonder if given a choice.
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