One of the many memorable things from
the film _My Architect_ (biographical
inquiry concerning Louis Kahn, by his son):
During the Bangaladesh war for independence,
Pakistani fighter pilots did not bomb the
partially completed parliament buildings for the
Bangaladeshi capitol, because they thought they
were ancient ruins.
The buildings were actually built by hand (albeit
using modern concrete), because the Bangaladeshi
did not have heavy machinery, so a large labor
force carried concrete on their backs.
From my holiday in India and Nepal some five years ago, I will never forget seeing those beautiful girls from Rajasthan who were working on the building sites of Delhi and Khatmandu who had been sold into bonded labour by their parents. I believe the standard term was (is) 10 years. Buy the end of that time, after carrying 16, or sometimes 20, bricks on a mortar board on their heads and climbing up bamboo scaffolding, I imagine that their backbones become compressed and they were fairly unfit for normal life at the end of their bonded time. As I walked into these building sites I began to feel physically afraid for my safety as I notcied the eyes of the foremen upon me. Does it continue? Probably.
Keith
Alexander the Great died at Babylon,
And Louis Kahn died
in a men's room in Pennsylvania Station
(returning from Bangaladesh).
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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