Salutations Rajasthan!!

Life never ceases to surprise me – last two days have been full of surprises…there have been times when I have gotten sick of my travels in this role…yet there have been days when I have thanked my lucky stars for getting these opportunities to go around and see places, especially when I have that passion of capturing moments. I don’t have words to explain the tremendous satisfaction I have got in last two days when it comes to photography. I went berserk with my camera and ended up clicking 289 pictures – there is no dearth of frames, everywhere you look, there is a story that speaks. Thank you God for giving me the time and opportunity to look at more creative and beautiful things in my life. Yesterday it was Amer fort, a factory where workers are at their creative best, and of course dinner at Shiv Villas – a 5-star deluxe which is breathtakingly beautiful with Leanne, my friend from Australia – wife of our General Manager at the bank is a wonderful company! In few hours, she has taught me things that maybe I never would have realized in a lifetime. Thank you Leanne for coming into my life and sharing so much.

People, Rajasthan is one helleva place. It is BEAUTIFUL – and what makes it even more beautiful is its people. They are so highly skilled and creative that when you see them doing their bit, you want to buy each and everything that they do out of respect. We think we are the ones slogging our asses and burning midnight oils – you have wait until you see a guy doing block printing on cloth or the one making a carpet or another one making a simple wooden box carved with metal wire. Hats off to them! I did buy some tokens for the fond remembrance of their hard work and I know this place will always have special memories in my heart…when I had the first hand experience of what all people do to earn their livings and how creative and colorful can they get to chisel a things beyond recognition.

Rajasthan – my salutations to you and your people!