Dreams are made of...

Close your eyes and let me take you far, far away. It's a journey for two hours and a sight for sore eyes. Once you do open them, you are floored by all the vibrant colours fluttering in front of them. Pink towers, grey roads...the contrast hits you. Then when your eyes do adjust to it, you see a bit of firozi sparkling like the ocean in the middle of stone and silver. Drives on wide, empty roads contrast with crowded, poky, poor bazaars. A divinely simple meal of dal baati churma and gatte ka saag leaps to new heights while elaborate chinese preparations fall flat. The subtly sweet ghewar, the overpowering sprinkle of rose water on churma...the contrast overwhelms and leaves you speechless. The subdued silver of your anklets, the shining gold of the jadau, the sparkling emerald lawns of green. And a big, blue-green peacock drifting through your surroundings, jumping freely everywhere and leaving you spellbound.

Thus, I dream...of taking you there.

Have you ever...

...woken up to a peacock's call?
...rushed out to see peacocks and peahens flying around, sitting on rooftops and just roaming free?
...ate the original gatte ka saag and ghewar?
...stood looking out at the city from a fort built hundreds of years before you were born?
...lost yourself in the bazaars, amidst colourful leheriyas in flaming pinks, reds and the coolest blue?
...visited a palace built on the grounds given as a gift from a queen to her maid?
...visited a revolving restaurant where only the walls went round and your view stayed the same?
...felt like royalty?
...lived in a haveli?
...been to the Pink city to do all of the above?

Not Gadget Friendly...

I have an Ipod that's just rotting away in my cupboard. I havent added the software required to play songs on it. I need to do it. And so far, that's my absolutely last priority...too darn lazy to do anything on my own. I'm waiting for sis to get back from work so she can help me.

It's not the question of having a user friendly gadget...the user needs to be gadget friendly. :)