Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday april 27, 1972 13 Indian Cave reflects Man s insensibility reports from India during his trip Arou Iid the world. By George Bryant the Toronto Star India we wer doing Well. Toiling up the Hil the four local men and myself. Although we d passed the loot i Stet the exertion was really bothering me a bit. The reason for that was my j splendid conditioning an physical strength. A least Hou totally. Some Credi had to the fact i was sit Ting i Down for the climb. On chair the four me were carrying the die cameras and cower ing Jor respondent up Mill of Thi cowering was caused by the fac time stairs were Stee and the shoulders frail. In fact two of Thoj bearers were of Gaffer so wet of looked As if the., had by around since the Days of a Splinis. Or maybe Clive and had t prospered in the in Servall -1 like Tife maharajas and Man Darins of told i was being born along on a Sedan chair or a they say but Here a Pam. Unlike the if maharajas i was t enjoying the experience. B transported by the sweat somebody else s brow like the Royal Way to go but i found it a disquieting thing an uncomfortable some How degrading thing. Instead of. Feeling like a King i Felt like la parasite. Lolling there at ease or what would have been ease we Ian t been ascending Ai such1 a Sharp Angle i could see the corded Muscles shift and Strain hear the Laborec panting feel the platform Sag As the stairs grew steeper. Every few score feet we c Stop while the bearers rested and i could see the fatigue on the faces of the two ancients. You can t judge strength by bulk Here the whip thin bodies of Indian peasants can perform incredible feats with their string like Muscles but they were the Grade and the Load a problem. And heije.1 was .1 fat and healthy sitting around watch ing theml work. To say i was t keeping end is verse were. A the vat enough to pre vent Amy enjoyment of the ride. But Fliece was also the fact that on sections i was being held at a Kif Angle of 45 degrees. Which that Rone slip Bra anybody s part Send the whole Otto flt crashing Down the stain not tit happiest of situations despite the novel Appeal of the ride but against my unease i had to balance the fact that the bearers needed the jobs wanted the Money and would take it As a reflection on their Man Hood if i leaped Down and trudged up too. So i stayed where i was for the moment. Until we reached a level spot three quarters of the Way up the Hill in fact. Then the matter was decided for me. Four Indian youths in West Ern garb on their Way Down passed us there and in unison raised their arms in a roman Salute and cried Hail cae that did it. The Scales were topped though fortunately the Sedan chair was t it s bad enough to feel like an idiot. To so obviously look like one was too much. I got the chair lowered to the creak of old mus cles and got out. Then i paid off the. Bearers and walked the rest of the Way. I must say Worth All generating Power new York Coal produces 66 electricity generated in the . The Effort. Tue anyway. I can t speak for the the Hill the stairs and the bearers Are All on elephant is land in Bombay Harbor a place which got its name Back in the 16th Century when the portuguese who landed on it found a huge Stone elephant lording it Over the landscape. The elephant is gone now but the major attraction of the place still remains a 7th-Cen Tury Cave Temple to the glory of Siva lord of creation and destruction. Unfortunately the place proved attractive to the portuguese too what with their Western culture and All. They used it As an ammunition store House and when they had a few minutes on their hands they used the statues for target practice. But shot up and fragmented As they Are the statues and carvings of the Cave Are fascinating for two reasons. One is the Grace and flow of line that the primitive artists managed to impart to the heavy Stone forms and the other is the manner in which they were carved. The whole Cave together with All its statues and pillars was Hen from the solid Rock of the Hillside As one unit. That Means a wide horizontal Slit was chipped into the Rock to form the floor. Then the Little Brown priests gradually hacked upward forming the Cave and the statues and the Wall carvings and the pillars As they ascended. In other words they did t carve the statues out of the Rock they carved the Rock away from the statues begin Ning at the Bottom and working up. Which is quite a feat. And it was done with Primi Tive picks chisels and Ham mers. Along with incredible de 1 a cation and a Fine artistic Eye. It was done so Well As a matter of fact that it survived j unscathed for nearly years. Then along came a few i bored portuguese soldiers with j plenty of shot and few sen Sibili j tics and the statues were i shattered. Out Here one is always run Ning into reasons to be proud of one s Western heritage. Next the Taj mahal by Moonlight. Whales suffocated Miami Florida indians had been taking whales Long be la Ore White settlers arrived leaping on to a whale s Back from a Canoe and thrusting Sticks into its blowhole suffocating it. Wolves protected Oslo the government recently put wolves on the list of animals to be protected throughout Norway. Authorities will make full compensation to owners of sheep cattle or other animals killed by wolves. Correction re gambles flier effective april 26th to april 29th. Dining tent no. 9433 illustration should have shown one Side window. 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