The Enduring Enigma of Columbo Sahib!
(plate 4), Dutch mausoleum in the Dutch-Armenian cemetery : A grandiose 17th century Mughal-style Dutch mausoleum in the Dutch- Armenian cemetery in Surat, India. It stands proudly as a silent sentinel - forsaken, forlorn, dilapidated - entwined in the vicious vice-grip of invasive vegetation – serpentine vines and clinging creepers - that threaten to bring it down anytime sooner than later. Yet, it audaciously mocks the vicissitudes of time and the vagaries of nature, by maintaining its lonely vigil over the 300 year old Christian cemetery at Narinda, Wari, old Dhaka. More than a hundred y...
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