bamiyan

[Valerie J Roebuck]

Thanks to Rajesh Kochhar and Ravi Chaudhary for their sane and constructive
comments.  Any suggestions about the form such a communication should take?

Dr Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

Rajesh Kochhar:

>When there is fire, the first task is to put it out , not discuss how it
>started.
>May I suggest we focus our attention and energies on the problem at hand.
>More specifically,can we do some thing to save the Bamiyan heritage? If
>not, can we at least  put our joint concern on record and convey it to
>some suitable agency?

Ravi Chaudhary:

>Art and the appreciation for art, transcends all cultures, is universal.
>The art in danger, is art that belongs to all of us, a legacy left to
>mankind by the unknown great artists who created these wonderful sculptures
>over two thousand years ago.
>
>The question to be addressed is what can be done if anything?
>
>
>For starters perhaps ...a communication attempt by members of this list to
>the leaders of countries who could influence these  - would be destroyers
>of art.