When I was a little girl, my grandmother would tell me stories from the Ramayana. My favourite was the one of the Bhil woman who sampled berries before offering...
Let me start by introducing the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan to you. Imagine softly rounded scrub-covered hills cradling a shallow bowl like valley where gree...
Not many people know that I paint and even fewer are in the secret that my specialty was miniature painting. I love the dedication and patience that goes into t...
Shekhawati was unlike any place I have ever visited in Rajasthan. Located in one remote corner of the windswept sandy western India state, Shekhawati consists o...
The fame of the open-air museum of Shekhawati had set me off to this extraordinary place and this post on Nawalgarh is the fourth post in the series on “The Pai...
Once upon a time when the Silk Route trade was flourishing, the desert town of Fatehpur thrived. Its streets were busy with camel caravans bearing opium, silk, ...
I visited Mahansar on a half-day trip from Mandawa. That was the second Shekhawati town, I explored in Rajasthan and Mahansar turned out to be another dusty lit...
The fame of the open-air museum of Shekhawati set me off to this extraordinary region of Rajasthan and this post on Mandawa is the second of 4 posts in the seri...
My Shekhawati travel was really offbeat. I visited there last year when hints of spring had been around the corner and it was perhaps the best time to explore t...
The next day dawned bright and sunny and an impromptu smile came as I lazed on my bed. It was my second day in the weaver's village of Salawas and it felt great...
