http://www.footwa.com Life through a lens, travel photography, abstract, portraits and a blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.footwa.com/hideousness-for-beauty/1073/ http://www.footwa.com/hideousness-for-beauty/1073/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:59:49 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1073 What many would consider a beautiful adornment for a camel, a flower stuck to his nose, I consider it hideous. Perhaps few lines by Anton Chekhov (considered a master in the world of literature as far as short stories are concerned) in “The Bet” (one of my all time favorite stories) explains this.   “You have lost your [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/hideousness-for-beauty/1073/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/hawa-mahal-palace-of-wind-in-jaipur/1061/ http://www.footwa.com/hawa-mahal-palace-of-wind-in-jaipur/1061/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:42:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1061 Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds) is the iconic palace symbolizing Jaipur. Was build by Sawai Pratap Singh. The facade seen here, was used by the royal ladies so that they can have a look outside without being seen thought the numerous small windows (close to 1000 windows). It gets its name because these windows allow [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/hawa-mahal-palace-of-wind-in-jaipur/1061/feed/ 2