A treasure of Delhi is the Crafts Museum, I adore these huge terracotta guardians of the gate, as well as their textile collection.
[my brother-in-law Vijay is on this tour with me as Praveen is at home looking after the hotel- he has worked in tourism for years yet has been finding out lots of new things through this trip- and I think is rather impressed with Praveen's patience poking around to find some of these places- lots of driving in circles asking questions]
Love the architecture you feel like you are IN a 3D Eischer drawing or some fantasy world.
After all the work we headed off to Anokhi Museum and a welcome afternoon tea.
On the way home we decided on a quick stop at an antique textile shop I know- hours later and after being literally buried under a pile of scuptious peices - such an amazing collection - it was only hunger and the late hour that drove us out...I know all the ladies dreamed techniclour dreams of silks and beading and satin embroidery on phulkaris and, and, and hmmmmmm good dreams. I suppose what I value the most is getting to handle the pieces, or even being buried in them some of the pieces would equal what we saw in the Museum in Delhi.
On the way home we decided on a quick stop at an antique textile shop I know- hours later and after being literally buried under a pile of scuptious peices - such an amazing collection - it was only hunger and the late hour that drove us out...I know all the ladies dreamed techniclour dreams of silks and beading and satin embroidery on phulkaris and, and, and hmmmmmm good dreams. I suppose what I value the most is getting to handle the pieces, or even being buried in them some of the pieces would equal what we saw in the Museum in Delhi.
A great day yesterday and today we have Barefoot College and Pushkar to look forward to.
I am heading home but to a home completely transformed in the week I have been away by 50 or 60 thousand beasts and many, many more people. excitement!!
and walking amongst the drying clothes at the washing unit of a friend's textile factory...inside the colthes I feel like I should burst into song and wait for rose petals to fall as part of some Bollywood love scene- it is a crazy experience/ surreal to walk through them
1 comment:
Oh what lovely memories that brings of the tour I did with you in Feb 2008. I wish I was there with you and the other ladies again. The Anhoki museum is fabulous, one of my favourite visits. I'll look forward to hopefully seeing it and many other things again when I visit India in December.
So nice that you enjoy re-visiting all these places with new people over and over.
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