thai golden café, museum street, central London
visit to the british museum
the same imposing columns, that
greeted a young medical student
from the antipodes
you enter, the first turn to the left, the assyrian
gods greet you, as they have done
all the visitors-past present and future
nineveh
then a plethora of egyptian
man-gods begging for eternity
where was the statue of the pregnant
woman i used to stand in front of?
what about the statue of the creator?
every memory flooded back
who was with me, then?
what happened to that friend from greece, turkey?
dropped into their new worlds,…and museums.
they are all gone now
but i still have the british museum
it is better to fall in love with the country,
the museum, landscapes
they love you back for ever
not cast you aside, when the ride to freedom
was used up by a jamaican or the cuban, who furnished the opportunity and moved on..
take with you my blessings
you need them, for misery
is what awaits a person who destroys innocent hearts
china, japan, buddhas
climb the stairs after visiting the
enlightenment room
sir hans sloane
a curious person, interested in things
for the sake of knowledge
had commissioned the sketches of
the flowers of suriname
slippers of all continents
they say he was old fashioned even for his time
big ears, the people of rapa nui
priestly things
a maya head of a god
indian gods in miniature
thought of as devils
till some enlightened brit took interest
in the culture that produces
these visions of gods
they worship one god but in its multiple forms
two hours wandering around
and like in the olden days
to break the monotony of medical studies or
share the ebullience of the new knowledge
in medical anthropology
as you gain more knowledge, many of your old friends will leave you, because now they find you
strange, shamanistic, ritualistic
they are too busy with their seconds
to enquire about the ewe of columbia
pass through the americas
a seminole shirt
a photo of a chickasaw woman weaving
baskets, every day objects, which to this day
has significance to the indians
tom kha (coconut curry)
green vegetable curry
indian nervous distrust
of independent action, says norman lewis
about the staff at hotel ashoka in ranchi
rm 52 ancient iran
saracens
empire to the east
long before alexander the great
history of persopolis
and xerxes, darius
golden jewelry. pottery
the splendor of the ancient iran
iran in turkey
iran in egypt
invasion of “moghuls” the barbarians of the turkic lands uzbeks tajiks turkmen
new era
great poetry
ancient iran of zoroastrian and spirit worship
and of
tolerance
Enlightenment, curiosity, knowledge
tolerance and aesthetics
oh! poor Iran of the bearded ones!
BBC4 series
history of the world in 100 objects
by the curator of the British Museum
during the course of a visit
you will see these objects exhibited and highlighted
including a duha of
a taino chief in
which he had allowed Cristobel colon to sit.. it is an honour to be invited.. hope colon understood that? I
I doubt it, as he ended up destroying them. no more tainos and no more duha
time for lunch
and a good choice
good food good atmosphere
no noise calm easy to read
easy to write
