Bikaner

Rat Heaven

What if I told you that you will be a rat in your next life. You will get good food (milk and sweets) and everyone will take care of you well. You can roam around without any fear of predators. More, you will be respected and worshipped and fed well. That would be a Rat…

Artist’s Palace

The Bikaner fort (Junagarh fort) is another fort that I visited in Rajasthan. Yes, I have visited a lot of forts and palaces in Rajasthan. What else do you expect from a state that had around 22 princely states before Independence? One thing that was different from other forts was that it was continuously built…

Camel Festival

A camel festival is celebrated across Rajasthan and I attended the one which happened in Bikaner. It was SUPER crowded. I would call it as a different experience. Nothing more. The festival had a lot of different types of programs planned with singing performances, dance performances, DJ and many more. It was located in a…

I am the Chief Guest

I visited my friend Maneesh at his town called Loonkaransar. It’s a typical small town that shuts down by 8:30pm and almost everyone knows everyone. They had built a small park near their house. The place was a barren land and they had planted a bunch of trees around it about 4-5 years ago. Now…

A walk in the farm

I went to visit my friend in a small village/town near Bikaner called Loonkaransar. I got to see some very unique places and also got to taste some amazing food at their home. First question in my head was, how can we have a farm in a desert. How can you grow crops on sand.…