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To: DOUG H who wrote (2618)6/29/2001 12:16:10 AM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13815
 
The Real Elephanta (Island...).........in Bombay Harbor
incredible Hindu Art.........
trashed by men of 'little' view........
See Siva sculpture lower left

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The Poem says IT all

Down at the foot of the sublime sculptures,
Disfigured by the Mohammedans and the Portuguese,
The multitude has left its litter,
Tiffin for the crows and the curs.
I damn it to a thousand reincarnations,
Each on a muck-heap
While those others,
Can be carved, in living flesh, for aeons,
In the hell for defacers of statues.

Extract from Sunday on Elephanta, Ladera Este, Octavio Paz