Beyond the Dunes: Journeys to Rajasthan [Dec 14, 2007] Sinha, Juhi

by Juhi Sinha

A must-have for the armchair traveller and perfect incentive for a weekend break in the desert the many-splendoured tourist mecca, legendary for its romance, royalty and undulating sand dunes, is explored and examined in this sparkling account of the authors many rendezvous with rajasthan in her many avatars as starry-eyed tourist, harried producer of documentary films, lover of music and someone who realizes that there is much more to the desert province than picture-perfect palaces, juhi sinha travels to forgotten towns and cities, while also discovering unseen facets of familiar destinations what emerges is an affectionate portrait of a land and people who simultaneously live in the past and the present the author recounts in vivid anecdotes the highlights of her numerous journeys as she traverses the state on holidays and film from the murals of shekhawati to the ???sonar qila of jaisalmer, from the luxurious heritage hotels that dot the map, to the barren wastes near pokar

Genres: India

256 pages, Paperback

Published December 14, 2007

Reviews

[Sujani Koya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't know travel writing can blend with behind-the-scenes of documentaries to weave an exciting quilt of stories. The hilarious jostles with thought-provoking in this memoir. The author's reach as spouse of a retired bureaucrat comes in handy to make films on places and people of Rajasthan. Her team is constant throughout and the love they share is such a delight to see! Set in the DD era in the 80's and 90's you'll have plenty of 'aha' moments as this could bring up memories of a world widened little by little by series and films one saw on nightly TV...

[Anuradha Goyal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Travels through the Rajasthan in India; http://www.anureviews.com/beyond-the-...