When in London
this September I visited Highgate
Cemetery, the last
resting place of some 170,000 people. Of course the cemetery’s most famous grave is that of
Karl Marx. But Robert
Cesar Childers’ (died 1876) who compiled
the first Pali English dictionary is there somewhere too although I could not
find it. Parts of the cemetery are well
maintained but most if it is overgrown and rather spooky. While walking through
an overgrown and dark section my eye was
caught by the word Nirvana on one of the partly obscured moss-covered
tombstones. Perhaps Calbe Pink (died 1907) was an early Buddhist or Theosophist.
Caleb Pink seems to have been some kind of mystically-inclined socialist who is virtually forgotten these days.
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It might be that he was using "nirvana" as "paradise" or "peace".
Dear Sam Vega, thanks for that interesting link about Mr. Pink. Perhaps it was his name that led to the habit of dubbing suspected communists as “pinks”.
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ReplyDeleteWe are currently preparing an exhibition about Karl Marx’ “Das Kapital” opening in September 2017 at the Museum der Arbeit (Museum of Work), Hamburg, Germany. This exhibition looks into the history and today’s relevance of the book as well as its impact on individuals and society.
For one section, we would like to present photographs, which show the present of Marx – including pictures of people who visit his grave.
I’ve found a picture of you and would like to ask, if it is okay to present this photo in a series of photos in a projection in the exhibition and in the exhibiton’s catalogue. And do you have the contact of the photographer, so I can ask for his permission, too? You would help me a lot, if you answer: sedef.karakan@museum-der-arbeit.de
Thank you and with best regards,
Sedef