Dimensions
127 x 197 x 19mm
From the Lonely Planet Journeys series.
Indian writer Royina Grewal's search for what lay beyond Rajasthan's exotic facade takes her from tribal villages to flamboyant palaces as she unlocks the cultural diversity of the real Rajasthan.
Along the way she encounters a multitude of characters: snake charmers, holy men, nomads, astrologers, dispossessed princes, reformed bandits . . . and as she draws out the rarely told stories of farmers' wives, militant maharanis and ambitious schoolgirls, Royina Grewal skilfully charts the changing place of women in contemporary India.
Ranging deftly over topics as varied as regional politics and local cuisine, 'In Rajasthan' creates a splendidly evocative mosaic of life in India's most colourful state.
