ki paal, opposite Rajasthan haat, Jal Mahal, Amer, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302003, India
We reached Man Sagar in hard afternoon light, a white egret on dry reeds beyond a chain-link fence, the Aravallis brown behind the water. Jal Mahal sat mid-lake: pale sandstone, arched openings, corner chhatris, only the top storey clear of the surface. A carved red sandstone railing with geometric jali ran the paved promenade. We paused there, one of us in a maroon patterned kurta and sunglasses, the other in a yell…
