The intricate workmanship in the sculptures and paintings of the sensuous dancers, the elephants, lions, horses and the Gods will tell you the difference between engineering and creativity. In their timelessness, we can also realize how easily we all reduce our lives to the ordinary. Because, unlike the artists and artisans of Thanjai, Mamallapuram, Belur, Halebidu, Konark and Hampi, most of us are not driven by the desire to leave behind a legacy. A life that leaves nothing behind us, is a life wasted on the Planet *...
*Adapted from Subroto Bagchi's speech at NIT Rourkela
