The Indian Review December 1936 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Discussion of All Topics of Interest

But the man of brilliant wit and epigram with the wit and the epigram ingeniously adjusted to the purpose of the moment was much sought after at the end of the last century. [...] Have we not all read in our Ithihasas of the cycles of time the revolution of ages the change of Yugas beginning with Kritha and ending with Kali and the cycle repeating itself ? Of course the intervals of time are long—too long for the handy foot-rule and the compact measure tape of the modern age. [...] Do we not all give alms in our houses to the maimed and the lame the blind and the dumb to the lepers and cripples to the decrepits and even the wandering bands of professional beggars ? Charity has become so deeply ingrained in the nation that it is considered un-Indiaa to turn away a mendicant and the child's emotions are trained and nurtured730 THE INDIAN REVIEW [ DECEMBER 1936 by a well di [...] Under the shade of the mango trees of the palace gardens the ladies of the harem enjoyed joy-rides on the swings. [...] Under Akbar II the daughter of Ram Kaur visited the Palace on the eve of the Rakhi and the last king of the House of Timur Bahadur Shah also celebrated the festival of Saluno with great pomp and show.