IN RESPONSE TO FRAEORTIS SATARAWALLA'S POST ON THE SAD SPECTACLE OF THE ELLORA CAVES SUFFERING FROM GROSS OFFICIAL NEGLECT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE AND THE URGENT NEED FOR THEIR PROPER CARE AND SAFEKEEPING
Dear Fraeortis Satarawalla, it is true that heritage is to be preserved from the ravages of the times but, alas, in the melee of things such priorities are being relegated to tertiary importance. This is regrettable, indeed, in a country where priceless heritage has been lost through savage destruction of local cultures by invading hordes and through the plain erosion of time.
Ajanta and Ellora remain the lingering grand depictions of our glorious past when culture reached its zenith in India. That such an exquisite cultural heritage should lie in such abject abuse is symptomatic of dangerous trends that need to be addressed and checked if we are not to be denied such seminal creations of our ancestors whose very history and thought lie embedded in these cave paintings and carvings like ancient recordings of episodes long lost but throbbing fresh in immortal works of art.
Time, indeed, it is that official awareness must be paramount in this regard and steps must be taken to redress this degenerate state of maintenance of heritage. Thus, public pressure must be brought upon the government in a mighty measure so that it changes its negligent stance and works for the reclamation of all our heritage sites and monuments. Thus is culture to be preserved if our civilisation is to maintain its throbbing continuity as the only surviving civilisation from ancient times.
Your initiative in this regard, Fraeortis Satarawalla, is of significant moment and one that needs maximum support from the connoisseurs of culture in our country. Your movement is in the right direction, that of the discovery and study of our historical past and passing on the knowledge to the polity in terms simple and effective so that greater awareness ensues regarding its current state of neglect and the imperative to improve such a befallen state. May God bless you in your enlightened and enlightening endeavour that will for sure conduce to the welfare of the cultural condition of our country !
Written by Sugata Bose
Dear Fraeortis Satarawalla, it is true that heritage is to be preserved from the ravages of the times but, alas, in the melee of things such priorities are being relegated to tertiary importance. This is regrettable, indeed, in a country where priceless heritage has been lost through savage destruction of local cultures by invading hordes and through the plain erosion of time.
Ajanta and Ellora remain the lingering grand depictions of our glorious past when culture reached its zenith in India. That such an exquisite cultural heritage should lie in such abject abuse is symptomatic of dangerous trends that need to be addressed and checked if we are not to be denied such seminal creations of our ancestors whose very history and thought lie embedded in these cave paintings and carvings like ancient recordings of episodes long lost but throbbing fresh in immortal works of art.
Time, indeed, it is that official awareness must be paramount in this regard and steps must be taken to redress this degenerate state of maintenance of heritage. Thus, public pressure must be brought upon the government in a mighty measure so that it changes its negligent stance and works for the reclamation of all our heritage sites and monuments. Thus is culture to be preserved if our civilisation is to maintain its throbbing continuity as the only surviving civilisation from ancient times.
Your initiative in this regard, Fraeortis Satarawalla, is of significant moment and one that needs maximum support from the connoisseurs of culture in our country. Your movement is in the right direction, that of the discovery and study of our historical past and passing on the knowledge to the polity in terms simple and effective so that greater awareness ensues regarding its current state of neglect and the imperative to improve such a befallen state. May God bless you in your enlightened and enlightening endeavour that will for sure conduce to the welfare of the cultural condition of our country !
Written by Sugata Bose
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