Documentary Scholarship Trip

Thankfully feeling much better today as we head to Merengah (sp?) fort. Unlike the Amber fort in Jaipur this one sits in the centre of town. From the top its easy to see why Jodhpur is called the blue city, many of the houses are painted blue, apparently to signify the homes of Brahmins, the highest if India’s castes. The caste system is too complex to attempt to explain; I tried once and won’t try again here. Let’s just say that Brahmins particularly those that live in Jodhpur like to paint their houses blue and from the top of the fort it looks great. Strangely enough its’ here in Jodhpur that I run into the neighbours of some friends from home…small world.