Thursday, January 31, 2008
Site seeing - Rajasthan, India
Long long time ago.. when I was a kid :)... my Dad took us to several tours... one of them being Rajasthan.. am being constantly reminded of those golden moments of the feel of the sand, wind and dry parched Rajasthan climate... it was during the month of october... what amazed me most was the sand dunes.. the shifting sand creating 'patterns in motion' on the face of earth.. what amazing beauty, and how gracefully the camels make it seem so easy to walk in sand and vast stretches of it.. where the eye leads you ... 'all you see, is a sea of sand'.. sure.. why not.. I dont live there... what if I had to live there? in the sandy Thar desert of Rajasthan... got nostalgic about those moments since our conversation @ lunch with colleagues.. The beautiful city of Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur.... right in the middle of the Rajasthani people steeped in poverty is the utmost luxurious 'palace on wheels' a paradise offered for foreigners... the stark blend of poverty with filthy rich... food for thought...
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Excellent musings
took me back to my numberless visits to rajasthan dating back to the 60s!!
those were the days of pristine sandy deserts
now one wouldnt get to see those shifting whispering sands
& those graceful colourful peacocks dashing across or sitting on walls spreading out their multi hued splendours
& how i dreaded going there coz the water was so salty
i used to carry along a big can of sweet water from agra station & ration it out to myself
& those bikaneri bhujiyas!!!!!!!
yum is the word
keep writing coz i keep sneeking
Thanks for ur beautiful comments.. yet to see ur blog though
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