real and not so real

November 8, 2000

i do not know why i am posting this article..but all this talk of mantras

and maya and illusion ...has made me do this i suppose. What we choose to

focus on or not focus on...is reality! not anything else.

i hope this article is of interest to those who have not read it

It is from the Times of India.

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PC SORCAR MAKES THE TAJ DISAPPEAR

Agra, Nov. 8: The elegant 16th century embodiment of love, Taj Mahal, on

Wednesday had an altogether different date when noted magic wizard, P C

Sorcar Junior, made it “vanish”.

Sorcar, master of the Indrajaal magic show, performed the feat at 1.50 pm

hours for over two minutes from a distance of about 400 metres behind Taj at

a spot called Kachpura across the river Yamuna.

The “mysterious entertainment”, as Sorcar described it later, left hundreds

of onlookers including policemen, administration officials and mediapersons

absolutely stunned.

The magic made the mughal architectural marvel disappear in the thin air

leaving a blank space at the site.

The magician was assisted by his daughter, Maneka, who made the historic

monument reappear after two minutes.

“No it was not mass hypnotism,” a jubilant sorcar said, adding “on the

contrary, it was a case of application of adrishya (disappearance) rasa of

the science of magic.” “I just kept the Taj away from your eyes. It was a

perfect illusion,” the 53-year old magician, whose late father had several

incredible feats to his credit, said.

This was the junior Sorcar’s first major performance since 1992 when he had

made a running train disappear at Khana junction near Bardhaman in West

Bengal.

Sorcar is also credited with having made Kolkata’s famous Victoria memorial

“vanish” in 1990 and an aircraft at Hamamata in Japan.

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