Category: Rajasthan
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PUSHKAR ji with Raghu Rai
Mr. Raghu Rai needs no introduction. Five days of learning, Three days of shooting, & nine images barely passed muster. Where is your camera? You have to be ready. Always. Those were his first words to me as we met at a dhaba along the road to Pushkar. He had left early from his home…
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24 Hours in Jaipur
The country’s first planned city, Jaipur earned the moniker Pink City when Maharaja Ram Singh painted the entire city pink in honour of the Prince of Wales’s visit to India in 1876, for the colour pink symbolised hospitality. One corner of India’s golden triangle, Delhi – Agra – Jaipur, Rajasthan’s capital is an enchanting city,…
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A Heritage Walk through The Walled City of Udaipur
Think Rajasthan and immediately pops into your head a picture of undulating waves of sand shimmering golden in the sun and a row of women all but hidden in their bright twirling lehengas and odhanis, walking away with pots of water on their head as thick silver anklets catch the sun on a hot windy…
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7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2017
It is that time of the year again. When I look back at my year and see what is the one thing that I set out to do at the beginning of the year and actually did. So, here I am proudly proclaiming that I did visit 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India in…