Corner Khawasji ka rasta, 441, 442, Hawa Mahal Rd, Pink City, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302002, India
We reached the painted gateway of Jaipur's City Palace in the midafternoon glare, street still flowing around it: a white Force van and a white Toyota on the tarmac, a multi-lamp pole at the kerb, pigeons along every ledge. The cream facade was dense with blue-and-black vines, geometric borders, and folk panels of elephants and riders; two jharokhas with jali sat under a bangaldar roof between a pair of chhatris. Gol…
