35053668-Empire-of-the-Soul-Paul-William-Roberts

EMPIRE OF THE SOUL
windows. A man who claimed to be the manager informed me that
the desk clerk was ‘away from station.’
I waited. An hour later, the desk clerk returned, and half an hour
after that I had filled out enough forms to obtain visas for most of
Asia. Then another fifteen minutes elapsed while the clerk copied
details from these forms into a vast ledger that could have been
purchased in the nineteenth century.
‘Don’t you ever wonder what Gandhiji meant by work?’ I
inquired. The clerk did not answer. Instead, he handed me a room
key, demanding payment in advance. When I had surrendered about
fifty cents for the night, he handed me a tissue-thin purple flier. It
read:
Wonder done with naked eye
MICRO ART EXHIBITION
On
Rice grains, Til Seeds & Hair
by Shri T. NANJAPPA, B.Sc., B.L.
(63, Annasandrapalya, Vimanapura Post, Bangalore-17)
INTERNATIONAL FAME
Exhibited to BRAZIL, FRANCE & HOLLAND
‘T.N.’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT’
Includes
· Splitting of HUMAN HAIR into 15 Parts (World Record)
· 572 letters on one RICE GRAIN (A to Z 22 times)
· Microcalligraphy of National Anthem on a RICE GRAIN
· Paintings of 13 Great Men on one side of a RICE GRAIN
· 1 100 Landscapes and 130 Nudes on 5x8 inch Paper
· Carving of GOMATESWARA & BIRDS on RICE GRAINS
· Complete BHAGAVAD GEETHA on 5 1/2x6 inch Paper
· GEETHA SLOKA & GAYATHRI Manthra on COW’S HAIR
· & HOARD OF SUCH SPELL BOUNDING FANTACIES
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