Photographs and short written pieces concerning my time in Rajasthan, India, working for the Jaipur Virasat Foundation.

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Jasol

Jasol is the hometown of former BJP Finance Minister Jaswant Singh. He was ejected from the party for his republican tendencies. Jasol is about an hour West of Balotra. We visited the former curator of the Mehrangarh Trust's museum there, as well as a few temples. That weekend (the 6th of March) happened to be a festival commemorating the rule of Rawal Mallinath and his wife Rani Rupade.

Rupade is a revered folk saint. I thought I had written down her story when I was told it in broken English, but I can't find it anywhere. All I know for certain is that she reached out to untouchables and is remembered for this act.

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Rawal & Rupade


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The Mehrangarh trust's former curator in his home. I wish I had a photograph of the mosaic he'd made, depicting Jaswant Singh surrounded by his party enemies in lilliputian miniature form.


Later that night we headed for Jasol proper, to see a small Ger concert. This was much better than the concert we were to see the next night in Balotra. I've also found some notes I wrote: