The WestMaharashtra to Rajasthan
'The West' is a bit of a misnomer, as this section includes images from the jag to the centre of India (the states of Maharasthra and Madhya Pradesh) that my journey took me on, before my travels jagged back to the truly 'western' states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. It makes my circuit of India look a little ragged, but there were enticing sites in the centre of India in the form of the caves at Ellora and Ajanta, rock paintings at Bhimbetka, the 'stupa' village of Sanchi, the ruined city of Mandu. The city of Bhopal was also an interesting stop.
Mumbai (Bombay)
Ellora
Elaborate cave sculpture at Ellora. All statues at Ellora, as at nearby Ajanta, are hewn from one single rockface.
Archway
The view from an archway at Ellora.
Bhimbetka
Prehistoric rock art at Bhimbetka. Always reminds me of the Clifford D. Simak story Grotto of the Dancing Dear.
Bhimbetka
More rock art.
Bhimbetka
Yet more rock art.
Jodhpur
Houses around the Mehrangarh Fort in the 'blue city' of Jodhpur.
Jodhpur
Houses around the Mehrangarh Fort in the 'blue city' of Jodhpur.
Ganesh
Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur
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Delhi Deadlines by Sheldon Smith
A washed out journalist, posted to India to cover a bloody election campaign, uncovers truths about his son's life - and death - in the country, truths that test loyalties forged in the war zones of Bosnia and Rwanda. A fiercely evocative narrative of modern-day India, filled with the clamour and hot stinks of its capital, this is a novel of death woven through with life.
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