While Rajasthan’s city palaces are handsome structures, built for aesthetic appeal and sensory gratification, the forts are sturdy bulwarks, sprawling across hillsides, their dense walls burying delicate zenana mahals and latticed terraces. Fortified to repulse attacks, and riddled with
November 2 2011, 5:10 pm
Read MoreThe desolate road from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer is peaceful in its solitude; the sense is one of pastoral calm, not brooding melancholy. And it isn’t all barren wilderness either. Cows settle on the roads like bitter gossips, loath to get up even when goaded by a booted foot. Camels, contriving
May 9 2012, 6:48 pm
Read MoreWhile Rajasthan’s city palaces are handsome structures, built for aesthetic appeal and sensory gratification, the forts are sturdy bulwarks, sprawling across hillsides, their dense walls burying delicate zenana mahals and latticed terraces. Fortified to repulse attacks, and riddled with
November 17 2011, 4:09 pm
Read MoreWhile Rajasthan’s city palaces are handsome structures, built for aesthetic appeal and sensory gratification, the forts are sturdy bulwarks, sprawling across hillsides, their dense walls burying delicate zenana mahals and latticed terraces. Fortified to repulse attacks, and riddled with
November 24 2011, 5:21 pm
Read MoreEvery city in Rajasthan makes a tourist want to camp for at least three days, and explore its forts, havelis, lakes, shopping districts and nearby getaways in luxury. But if you’ve got a week off from work, and want to sample every part of the state, the good news is you can do it in a
November 17 2011, 4:14 pm
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