tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14029197.post5319639238747532381..comments2023-05-30T19:30:26.909+05:30Comments on Vincent's Jottings: Moore Market and San Thome at ChristmastimeVincent D' Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860540121667927242noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14029197.post-85790962432236660452008-12-24T02:59:00.000+05:302008-12-24T02:59:00.000+05:30Indians do not know how to preserve their heritage...Indians do not know how to preserve their heritage. Moore Market was a heritage. As some one who was born and brought up in Mysore, I first visited this market,when we as Engineering students were on a South India tour and stopped by at Madras for 3 days. It was a good place for second-hand books of all kinds. But the quaint place held so much attraction. Living in the West, I was unaware hither to that this market disappeared years ago. When it was razed by fire, one wonders whether it was an accident at all. So many even then in 1960s wanted this market to disappear. The plum site was eyed and measured by so many for planting concrete edifices. Not surprised at all.<BR/><BR/>India is on a road to self-destruction as the 1.2 billion humans in India and rising at an alarming rate claim earth resouces in ever increasing rate in that part of the earth. I bet the expanded central railway station became unfit for purpose within a few years of its expansion. <BR/><BR/>I once commented that the Chamundi Hill in Mysore would be sold to a realtor one day if the price is right, for developing hotels and kinds for fleecing tourists with dollars. As for Goddess Chamundeswari, she can be relocated elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>For me, San Thome Church, St Phelomena's Church in Mysore and <BR/>the Notre Dame in Paris fin a special place in my heart. I am not a Christian, but one need not be a Christian to undertand what they really represent.<BR/><BR/>But then India wants to reach Moon while there are enough issues in its patch of the earth to be resolved. I am an old-fashioned heritage junkie albeit an IT practitioner of over 35 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com