Serenedipity -- A Sojourn in Rajasthan
Serendipity KALAKHO – ABHANERI – BHANDAREJ – DHAUSA – BHANGARH - MADHOGARH The famous vocabulary book by Nurnberg and Rosenblum defines ‘Serendipity’ as ‘lucky discovery’ – ‘lucky’, ‘chance’, ‘unexpected’ … It also says that the word is lovely. Agreed, especially after this serendipitous travel in the center of Rajasthan. The month of December is marked with a host of long weekends in the year 2006. Shame that I spend most of those in the city. After a while, the feeling gets too overbearing and the call of the wild raise above the din of the metropolis. The Christmas weekend finally does it. I pack a small bag, throw it in the trunk and move out of the city. We have bought this book called Weekend Gateways, by Outlook, and a friend has gifted me a small traditional compass for the Christmas. Armed with these two new possessions and a desire to put them to immediate use, we drive in the moist foggy morning of 23rd December by about 9am into the unknown. Day 1 – December 23, 2006