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The Untold Stories of Ramgarh

I first went to Shekhawati about five years ago. A simple weekend getaway to unwind till I realized I had unknowingly stumbled into a land of stories… stories told in colourful frescoes. After a magical three days, and an impassioned dissertation proposal to further spend some time unravelling these frescoes (which incidentally got rejected), a study on Marquis de Sade and the humdrum of daily life pushed the coloured walls out of my view. The Ramgarh Fresco   This December when my sister planned to visit another area in Shekhawati, Ramgarh, to celebrate the New Year, only the promise of those glorious wall-paintings prompted me to leave behind friends and drunken revelry for quieter celebrations with the family. And that’s a decision I will never regret.   A Haveli in Ramga...

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