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Lajpal

Lajpal in 1997, aged 14, in the grounds of the Maharani Bagh Orchard Retreat, near Ranakpur
Life is like an ice-cream!

December 16th 2005
During our ’97 tour of Rajasthan, we visited the fabulous Jain temples at Ranakpur. After lunch at a nearby hotel, while photographing a colourful bird in the hotel’s garden, I found someone looking over my shoulder. It was a boy - aged nearly 14, named Lajpal, he told me in halting English. I took his photo, he wrote down his address. On our return to the UK, I sent him his photograph. Six mo ... read more
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