India ’26 — audio guides
Background essays and place stories for the Delhi & Rajasthan trip. Private feed — do not share the link.
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Episodes
Before you go — the background essays
1Water in Rajasthan
From geology to ritual in a dry land
From geology to ritual in a dry land
2Caste
The system a visitor is surrounded by and cannot see
The system a visitor is surrounded by and cannot see
3Red sandstone, white marble
Reading every monument by its material
Reading every monument by its material
4The Rajput bargain
Why the families who built the forts still hold them
Why the families who built the forts still hold them
5Diwali
Myth, market, household, sky — matched to your dates
Myth, market, household, sky — matched to your dates
6Reading the road
Twenty hours of India through a car window
Twenty hours of India through a car window
The sights — one per stop, in trip order
7The Seven Cities of Delhi
Eight centuries on one plain
Eight centuries on one plain
8City Palace & Lake Pichola
Mewar’s 450-year balcony
Mewar’s 450-year balcony
9Kumbhalgarh
The wall that was never breached
The wall that was never breached
10Mehrangarh
The citadel of the sun
The citadel of the sun
11Pushkar
Brahma’s lake
Brahma’s lake
12Amber Fort & the Pink City
Mirrors on the hill, pink by decree
Mirrors on the hill, pink by decree
13Taj Mahal
Grief in marble
Grief in marble