Hi Nick, Dr Kurup is my old teacher and a friend. Will check it up. I can send you a picture of the sculpture of the Logan's book in a day or two. N P Chekkutty. On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Nick Balmer <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Chekkuty, > > The source of information on his life that I am aware of is in the forward > by Dr. K.K.N. Kurup to the 1950's revised edition of Logan's Malabar > Manual. > > Do you have a picture of the new statue? > > Regards > > Nick Balmer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chekkutty N.P" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 3:48 PM > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Logan and a sculpture > > > > These are the times of decolonization. Old names and memories with a > > colonial connection being wiped off and new ones replacing them, like > > Bombay converting itself into Mumbai, Calcutta metamorphosing into > Kolkata > > and Madras becoming Chennai. > > > > I have seen this happening even in our own city of Calicut, which used to > > be > > part of the empire. The old huzur kutcheri has been razed down and the > > Robinson Road is now the Kesava Menon Road... > > > > But many things remain the same: The 150-year-old canal, built by H V > > Connolly, the Irish collector who was hacked to death by the rebellious > > Moplahs, is still known by his name and -- though slightly smelly -- it > > remains the artery of the sprawling city. The best motorway in the city > > today goes parallel to the old Connolly's Canal. > > > > But Logan had nothing to keep his memory in this city where he spent > quite > > a > > few years as perhaps the best known collector of Malabar. There is a road > > in > > Thalassery, the town up north, where he had served, carrying his name but > > William Logan's presence was not visble anywhere in Calicut. > > > > Thankfully, not any longer. Last week, the city's Communist mayor > unveiled > > a > > sculpture in the city's centre, depicting this scholar-adminstrator's > best > > known work, the Malabar Manuel. It is a beautiful work of art, a > > befitting > > tribute to the old Scottish highlander who made Malabar his home. > > > > I know there is a big clan of Logans spread all over the world and > > possibly > > there may be some with Logan links in this list also. May I know anything > > more about Logan's personal life, his roots, famly and upbringing? > > > > N P Chekkutty/Calicut, Malabar. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >