Today we walked up to the Jaswant Thada Cenotaph, a mausoleum built in 1899 for the last Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. Pretty nice place and the marble used in the construction lets the sunlight shine through when you stand inside.
In the afternoon we strolled through old town once more with its funny billboards and had tea at the rooftop of the Pal Haveli Noble Home Hotel
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Given the extraordinary sacred status cows have in Hindi religion it is quite remarkable to see them getting nothing but rotten garbage to eat and chewing on filthy plastic bags wherever you go. So much for their religious beliefs. One can only imagine how India treats his non-holy animals...
Also, I don't really understand how the British could ever get the impression that they would be able to permanently colonize this country with it's people's mentality and culture. That only shows their delusions of grandeur at the time.
Heute wanderten wir hoch zum Jaswant Thada Zenotaph, ein Mausoleum gebaut 1899 fuer den letzten Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. Eine ziemlich schoene Anlage und der beim Bau verwendete Marmor laesst das Sonnenlicht ins Innere durchscheinen. Am Nachmittag spazierten wir noch einmal durch die Altstadt mit ihren lustigen Reklameschildern und tranken Tee auf der Dachterrasse des alten Pal Haveli Noble Home Hotels.
Wenn man bedenkt welch heiligen Status Kuehe in der Hindu Religion besitzen, ist es schon verwunderlich die Tiere nur verrotteten Abfall fressen zu sehen. Oder an dreckigen Plastiktueten zu kauen. Soviel fuer deren religioesen Glauben. Da kann man sich vorstellen, wie Indien seine nicht-heiligen Tiere behandelt...
Ich kann auch nicht verstehen, wie die Englaender den Eindruck gewannen, dass sie in der Lage sein wuerden dieses Land dauerhaft zu kolonisieren und zu beherrschen, bei deren Mentalitaet und Kultur. Das zeigt eigentlich nur den Groessenwahn jener Zeit.
"Holy Cow" - Nothing Is Sacred
Thursday, December 06, 2012
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