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...
In Bundi, I teamed up with Om Prakash Kukki, a local guide and amateur archaeologist. He is a very interesting man who is interested in three things: archaeolog...
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...
For a town as small as a dinner plate, Bundi abounds with stepwells. There are as many as 50 Bundi stepwells and these are dotted throughout the town. Many lie ...
Some of Rajasthan’s finest miniature and mural paintings were produced around Bundi and Kota. These two towns of Rajasthan were at that time ruled by the Hada R...
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...
Located below the Taragarh Fort is the famous Garh Palace of Bundi. It is a big complex that has a number of small palaces built around the main royal residence...
Before Bundi was conquered by Rao Deva Singh in 1241, it used to belong to the local Meena and Bhil tribes. After the conquest, it became a part of Hadoti - the...
'Don't touch it.' I had snapped at the foreign tourists who were tentatively touching the frescoes on the walls inside the Bundi Fort. They stepped back in alar...
'Waahhhh!!', yelled a nine-month-old Akash. His loud bawling echoed through the multi-colonnaded Ranakpur Jain temple sending flocks of pigeons flying away in a...
