The Quirky and Wordly Apartment of Jean Francois Lesage!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">A  marvellous  empire controlled from a sprawling bungalow in Chennai and  that's the story of Vastrakala and Jean -Francois Lesage!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vastrakala, which is Sanskrit for 'the art of textiles', was started in 1993 in Chennai by Frenchman Jean-Francois Lesage.</span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> Jean-</span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">François Lesage</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"> a </span><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">third-generation embroiderer of the Parisbased House of Lesage, which was acquired by Chanel in 2002. His father, Francois Lesage, was a famous embroiderer, whose work was sought after by the top fashion houses.</span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vastrakala products are not available off the shelf. They are custom designed for demanding customers who are well-versed in luxury and do not think twice about spending on whatever brings out their individuality. Vastrakala's client roster is spangled with names of the rich and famous. Its works adorn buildings such as the 19th-century Opera de Monte Carlo in Monaco and the 17th-century Chateau Vaux le Vicomte near Paris, venue of steel magnate L.N. Mittal's daughter's wedding in 2004. Closer to home, they embellish the State Dining Room at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.</span></span></em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">Vastrakala in Chennai with just six artisans.</span></em><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">Then he had to invest in training, where the focus was on quality, discipline and the use of the right tools.</span><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">He adds that they also learned various stitching techniques and the use of newer materials.<b>(as reported by business today)</b></span></span></em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> Earlier </span>Jean-François Lesage used to live above the embroidery workshop he runs in an Arts and Crafts–style house in Chennai, India. As the business grew, however, space became an issue. “One day, I found myself with craftsmen embroidering just outside my bedroom door,” he recalls. “I figured it was time to move before they ended up working on my bed!”</span></div></div><div style="border: 0px; color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The spiral staircase that leads from the mezzanine to the rooftop was installed by the building’s architect, Basu John; an embroidered-velvet panel remains on its original embroidery frame, the Indian model of an English villa is 19th century, a 17th-century bronze oil lamp sits atop a 19th-century table, and the mirror is a Lesage design.(excerpt from Elledecor)</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">His walls are mainly white, and the floors are a dark green slate from Rajasthan. There is also a certain sobriety in the choice of objects. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">The majority of the furnishings he surrounds himself with were acquired in India. He avows a love of portraits, collects votive temple lamps from the 17th to 19th centuries, and has a host of statuettes offered as fertility gifts at religious festivals.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Many acquisitions have interesting stories attached. An armchair in the living room originally belonged to the Madras high court, which transported itself to the mountains during the sweltering summer months. “It has screws everywhere so it can be completely dismantled,” he points out. Nearby are a pair of terracotta temple statues, bought from a wellborn antiques dealer who resisted social pressures to open her own gallery, since it is taboo in the state of Tamil Nadu for women from important families to have careers.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIBeL1BLx_gc2-NxiM7ngnFjQRuKfaCDAUSmEsWRj7G6cYq42t4K1epeJLb5XOqXYI1FYQ0RSHbEogXp3s6zzUdSZILwfdh4Z2_cccAQVPhbNvbLaGzuSDSnx493_Wd49bnFtEnFRZ1Y/s1600/8c265df3ba84d4f768c7df9735237c0e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">In the courtyard, a wood cage holds Lesage’s cockatiel, Victor; the granite pillars and large-scale photograph of a Punjabi woman are both 19th century, and the Indian wood wall sculpture dates from the 18th century.</em><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnVVNxZ2tLVyyfyhg9Y-HPWqXPk8STVPeObSD2FehGAv2QjjAE5QpyBB6MVbf1reS1Q4RNNp6a8kTiBPhoybhjJCV4CSXtAQYFAU9toKeU1aM6hoQm3N_mKS-GVjFpjhQKMhg9Cw-3kY/s1600/Lesage05-7820845-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnVVNxZ2tLVyyfyhg9Y-HPWqXPk8STVPeObSD2FehGAv2QjjAE5QpyBB6MVbf1reS1Q4RNNp6a8kTiBPhoybhjJCV4CSXtAQYFAU9toKeU1aM6hoQm3N_mKS-GVjFpjhQKMhg9Cw-3kY/s1600/Lesage05-7820845-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">n another bedroom, the rosewood bed and wall behind it are covered with re-embroidered Indian textiles, and the 1960s lamps were designed for film shoots.</em><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJA8KpuXvjKbuGAcrtpgZpTRSprYIFu8U_njbecC6rNg3RsTvIZU2skyrj44Zhig5j_1fXsEtIquxgZTH43zr5IgYkp9rSxSbABYw7vf9943E1ZubbfCSyhjcly6qfwnpQuW33iFBxgs/s1600/Lesage06-24899369-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJA8KpuXvjKbuGAcrtpgZpTRSprYIFu8U_njbecC6rNg3RsTvIZU2skyrj44Zhig5j_1fXsEtIquxgZTH43zr5IgYkp9rSxSbABYw7vf9943E1ZubbfCSyhjcly6qfwnpQuW33iFBxgs/s1600/Lesage06-24899369-lgn.jpg" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">An early-20th-century English table and a 1960s rosewood chair with a pillow embroidered with a pattern inspired by Jackson Pollock in a guest room; the photographs are by Sebastian Cortés, and the drawing is by Agathe de Bailliencourt.</em></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JWbpjIecvCjKzMdzsivkXjIjZtf36lK7OAtTF6mVZgbvX8zRCAEEJD4vcmLjuHi3GUizaEmDqT5nJQEUAI67FKxtoqpcZ3zDbNaTJzV-Mpzb-vtymaFL1awU-QKU6hln2VYeyNSIDIA/s1600/Lesage07-26920760-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JWbpjIecvCjKzMdzsivkXjIjZtf36lK7OAtTF6mVZgbvX8zRCAEEJD4vcmLjuHi3GUizaEmDqT5nJQEUAI67FKxtoqpcZ3zDbNaTJzV-Mpzb-vtymaFL1awU-QKU6hln2VYeyNSIDIA/s1600/Lesage07-26920760-lgn.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Ajmer Bungalow,Ajmer

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Ajmer Bungalow, home to the lovely Mrs Rajika Shukla and Mr Naveen Capoor. Its a typical British Bungalow, built in early 1908. Its a  beautiful home with shaded verandahs, lots of garden spaces, umpteen number of books arranged in corners, attention to each furniture and art item bought carefully and the love and care by the couple. The Bungalow itself has been carefully and lovingly maintained by the Capoors and their joy in the place is obvious.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We actually wanted to stay for a day before heading south. But on reaching it turned out to be a three day stop there. Naveen  a walking guide on Ajmer, made sure that that the trip was complete in all aspects.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I felt it was actually a home what I wished for..books and the wooden feel of the furnitures and numerous memorabilia and its memories all made up that warm and loving home of theirs...Each shot was a frame and pardon me, I found it difficult to choose which is the best and ended up uploading a lot of images this time...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir35OFJ4JT6_S1Bhzkp07-tRC6cjBBoNMu9ok1VPLcBmZsGlNqlFhXfYZU0GhreE7oBfN3zjEZhvqWLMjWJ2VVb4EKmDXmH1gtXrG4Cx_AGTSvTKvmGBq5_uJLy6rCYSKCHkIbu1GFRz8/s1600/IMG_0594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sG0It2SDbdFd8avIZDHC15CKVuLPyFemyzW1Slf4npmfNrf7W4THv7DTmIZ8WPUqZM5uW-oyV6e0L7h05oTYSxogub_KRaDFY00bJjYVXUTs1lEcY88FYQhM8NX9QCMW32NO5zpx83Q/s1600/IMG_0992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sG0It2SDbdFd8avIZDHC15CKVuLPyFemyzW1Slf4npmfNrf7W4THv7DTmIZ8WPUqZM5uW-oyV6e0L7h05oTYSxogub_KRaDFY00bJjYVXUTs1lEcY88FYQhM8NX9QCMW32NO5zpx83Q/s640/IMG_0992.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stands in the corner shyly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZbpG-HNBFEIqWWvr3QHgLVt7jeVckM8UWC11HJ_AZZIvGnbM43vemgDuh66j3mHjxaw0cUyO9hgmTEsrjfvsa2C1poT8ZK5fcvJgd04Il5PJCG3Wn2w3z0NxHF9Chc1SXbFM4On1b2A/s1600/IMG_0440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8sUBWNtnooS-K5MGNK-Kqm_lkj6Mqz-psxTdgmSjtginJP4k1zM1lCcn9xugOjy_zogaVdkP25xDArC3Sy_1eltVc536zslZvedDyLQTrCfV0Sc_j0TjC4Zny4XiQAQcZBmnmTMFzmU/s1600/IMG_0450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8sUBWNtnooS-K5MGNK-Kqm_lkj6Mqz-psxTdgmSjtginJP4k1zM1lCcn9xugOjy_zogaVdkP25xDArC3Sy_1eltVc536zslZvedDyLQTrCfV0Sc_j0TjC4Zny4XiQAQcZBmnmTMFzmU/s640/IMG_0450.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">made of wood...a face,loved the decoration part...flowers</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZbpG-HNBFEIqWWvr3QHgLVt7jeVckM8UWC11HJ_AZZIvGnbM43vemgDuh66j3mHjxaw0cUyO9hgmTEsrjfvsa2C1poT8ZK5fcvJgd04Il5PJCG3Wn2w3z0NxHF9Chc1SXbFM4On1b2A/s1600/IMG_0440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvySY_nGPaAjthKqD_jaOppgAV1iDnUOIIaZoYhzI_8OxrBidop9OGZk3r0bXTVmWJcDhKYi4Fc66M7rs-VxPL7jSsh-Klcn0f6gTumwmL4-na4Thy9-LF8r1GGyYNyib2aP9py5qcdY/s1600/IMG_0653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvySY_nGPaAjthKqD_jaOppgAV1iDnUOIIaZoYhzI_8OxrBidop9OGZk3r0bXTVmWJcDhKYi4Fc66M7rs-VxPL7jSsh-Klcn0f6gTumwmL4-na4Thy9-LF8r1GGyYNyib2aP9py5qcdY/s640/IMG_0653.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">very old chairs of their grandmas..still being used in the dining room..asked us to be seated carefully </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllPQ-sdWdDoxEsO-ZoFD6kQ6FPZizmXCppem1HyAXUnMX7k2QzOc_VMg8rsxzzOmGjXGwYuzucn4MWDPSDbthv6FMfigybdA32VoqcvJnbA2eeKxC1wY3GneBTL8VmCnvVa55evns94o/s1600/IMG_0637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllPQ-sdWdDoxEsO-ZoFD6kQ6FPZizmXCppem1HyAXUnMX7k2QzOc_VMg8rsxzzOmGjXGwYuzucn4MWDPSDbthv6FMfigybdA32VoqcvJnbA2eeKxC1wY3GneBTL8VmCnvVa55evns94o/s640/IMG_0637.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a hot tea sits near the dining table</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY9HUBjQfQC29mTxl9trUW-VrBh8WrLcZyRmjvfzBOoVjG2SxfNBgAq2uU8NovA5OntA8KZMyeX-t-9YXKlEc6ZcpTPSbWblbZXNNlbuhlq5ADHAC4PBiHEviqEvSSmlhbCMooElhgOg/s1600/IMG_0769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY9HUBjQfQC29mTxl9trUW-VrBh8WrLcZyRmjvfzBOoVjG2SxfNBgAq2uU8NovA5OntA8KZMyeX-t-9YXKlEc6ZcpTPSbWblbZXNNlbuhlq5ADHAC4PBiHEviqEvSSmlhbCMooElhgOg/s640/IMG_0769.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">two very old french windows placed in the dining room...</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkNKhUm1N-fi1VbyLnSKoRRDixRjyPp_5ieWcu8-u5bgHWPRn-TNm0CRcNYKBXIAuh6QhpqAJFY5YuNUdzZQww-j3QSYxW0GpMbZglcbEDldo-5SC3p9RScc1rHBwJMqED22ZCnF0VXg/s1600/IMG_0646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkNKhUm1N-fi1VbyLnSKoRRDixRjyPp_5ieWcu8-u5bgHWPRn-TNm0CRcNYKBXIAuh6QhpqAJFY5YuNUdzZQww-j3QSYxW0GpMbZglcbEDldo-5SC3p9RScc1rHBwJMqED22ZCnF0VXg/s640/IMG_0646.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the view as you sit down to eat your breakfast</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaFVZYDVn-81xX2jJHHSsIVivH6bL53b9RlY4byR4hixgZZuDd2-glHB8fGKFEkpKDsWySvSBe1TXggWEm8CNU12Y93o1d0zaNjmfz9UxtbYBEbX7lgmtDBM1o1aOzYBgArMR0C27frM/s1600/IMG_0647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaFVZYDVn-81xX2jJHHSsIVivH6bL53b9RlY4byR4hixgZZuDd2-glHB8fGKFEkpKDsWySvSBe1TXggWEm8CNU12Y93o1d0zaNjmfz9UxtbYBEbX7lgmtDBM1o1aOzYBgArMR0C27frM/s640/IMG_0647.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sundappled dining room and the patterns</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVNEexQq8ah-DqSCEYq1dQ8uamp75NhHTwMIaMlMLTDOivFTFRhzzqZ25QdULF4sCRMgk9DhmedvWHvth_DtEANGxh-QySdVRMq2TGJo1pjk2Z2sFbB2SHRmCXvc8P6deFsSm8mCKTzU/s1600/IMG_0773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVNEexQq8ah-DqSCEYq1dQ8uamp75NhHTwMIaMlMLTDOivFTFRhzzqZ25QdULF4sCRMgk9DhmedvWHvth_DtEANGxh-QySdVRMq2TGJo1pjk2Z2sFbB2SHRmCXvc8P6deFsSm8mCKTzU/s640/IMG_0773.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a garden beyond the house</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvY_IRLkG-KcPj67fkQmX9vcv5mylbycN7nVlk68gGP94rPa1tAz7k_RSVh8U3WgxFB39yze6A-2uk-WWaPBta0pwHjNbC9JuZvlu4fJ6RPscZv_y15U8ZkVqRCru-TcyuoPSAzu_s3qE/s1600/IMG_0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvY_IRLkG-KcPj67fkQmX9vcv5mylbycN7nVlk68gGP94rPa1tAz7k_RSVh8U3WgxFB39yze6A-2uk-WWaPBta0pwHjNbC9JuZvlu4fJ6RPscZv_y15U8ZkVqRCru-TcyuoPSAzu_s3qE/s640/IMG_0907.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lovely interiors</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLCn8IPuRBfWT1BN48bPQx1GU7hXvORpy8TkY1CmrEScQgl0_bisLZMw1ovLw-XEKfb-Hee-n71Z2r_q2V5-oQRuVh5TsizZEQsxl5ExK5t2K5WsfYknbZ39xkwCiepvFKv0fbnestU0/s1600/IMG_0908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLCn8IPuRBfWT1BN48bPQx1GU7hXvORpy8TkY1CmrEScQgl0_bisLZMw1ovLw-XEKfb-Hee-n71Z2r_q2V5-oQRuVh5TsizZEQsxl5ExK5t2K5WsfYknbZ39xkwCiepvFKv0fbnestU0/s640/IMG_0908.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7mvaWITULPdipXK5qIGSCJfc3NBB0RQkwR2kLekW_ennuEl5lWFeGNPTtK-wr295Rij2RnGCTiW6AgI-mpCFc8fH46kFIXZB3GGbn4m9ajmtcH98SDeRWL5bds6PlfGdqAyIEpHt3RI/s1600/IMG_0911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7mvaWITULPdipXK5qIGSCJfc3NBB0RQkwR2kLekW_ennuEl5lWFeGNPTtK-wr295Rij2RnGCTiW6AgI-mpCFc8fH46kFIXZB3GGbn4m9ajmtcH98SDeRWL5bds6PlfGdqAyIEpHt3RI/s640/IMG_0911.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all chairs had the right kind of shawls and cushions</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6UEh1G6B5ed4m8FpQLMD4eHZfkQyhtARSuuf2JtyrqiWIx1xixZpM50ckqw6Xo6pPiRqgeyL0sd83tQ3Xkald2qMhSTEjcbXOzdMrBSmpIRycljDqb0QBdS3rFULq0X08AXFKAzvgjE/s1600/IMG_0912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6UEh1G6B5ed4m8FpQLMD4eHZfkQyhtARSuuf2JtyrqiWIx1xixZpM50ckqw6Xo6pPiRqgeyL0sd83tQ3Xkald2qMhSTEjcbXOzdMrBSmpIRycljDqb0QBdS3rFULq0X08AXFKAzvgjE/s640/IMG_0912.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mantel of the living room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdPscuLNxjG4G0N2BgzIgIeh8liA8Wl_QS1w1Jhn4uABZUmVlTUGDFFvPIYF7P6tzZfFFMnm_zR4Xces9BLNRSxrqbyZ5MEARCQMB7VZcXBoopksa43B1LIv_ziDWD3PyV4o7K7s5TD4/s1600/IMG_0913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdPscuLNxjG4G0N2BgzIgIeh8liA8Wl_QS1w1Jhn4uABZUmVlTUGDFFvPIYF7P6tzZfFFMnm_zR4Xces9BLNRSxrqbyZ5MEARCQMB7VZcXBoopksa43B1LIv_ziDWD3PyV4o7K7s5TD4/s640/IMG_0913.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the lovely day bed in the living room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8txn1HOr4Ju1RRfU1NlHkSXmxAWDUvR3FjcuLPanzUot8lSrWVxgdjizA-A4d1lOYEGjRN9q0mwdLNUd2woUoLjDzqtU7I_WUm5pPev82ZK3o6E8UqH-XenN62olL8p-wwys7cWgSTKg/s1600/IMG_0915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8txn1HOr4Ju1RRfU1NlHkSXmxAWDUvR3FjcuLPanzUot8lSrWVxgdjizA-A4d1lOYEGjRN9q0mwdLNUd2woUoLjDzqtU7I_WUm5pPev82ZK3o6E8UqH-XenN62olL8p-wwys7cWgSTKg/s640/IMG_0915.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fHWYIXFtinpXzlUb7UrlKiTaPkoKO_6V-RULcjeZCaBjjCV05SiY_uc4Hf0A9-RcBgS0Fs2zccai1xJsnP4Rufjaiw3SH3_u1RpjOCeb9GD0JYJa4wZclMH2moJlGUx-9ExzSnZQIM0/s1600/IMG_0924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fHWYIXFtinpXzlUb7UrlKiTaPkoKO_6V-RULcjeZCaBjjCV05SiY_uc4Hf0A9-RcBgS0Fs2zccai1xJsnP4Rufjaiw3SH3_u1RpjOCeb9GD0JYJa4wZclMH2moJlGUx-9ExzSnZQIM0/s640/IMG_0924.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">jamini roy painting </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcUJYbx9PEw0lq0nFtdTO4ERoKcg77ulDXeeMDp4Kt2uqAG7PGk_EhuXSEr5owtIAOhFM6bslpE_B9oy4Uvt5ZUiZsr8j-zJvOEBsIMi0gFEY59ePjTK-LxGAaPV28vFhmzc7jHqCBuA/s1600/IMG_0934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcUJYbx9PEw0lq0nFtdTO4ERoKcg77ulDXeeMDp4Kt2uqAG7PGk_EhuXSEr5owtIAOhFM6bslpE_B9oy4Uvt5ZUiZsr8j-zJvOEBsIMi0gFEY59ePjTK-LxGAaPV28vFhmzc7jHqCBuA/s640/IMG_0934.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prints and books lie everywhere</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjm5tUPwMeIOTzWnkOY83Iuhxqw2c0zUdEiyZ7ErKuDRycegm2xdWR_8MDy0rTbHS35SExtdosnte6lKHLnAgU4OS82f6nSl1v6t6BxyHn0SPlH8TdrcusXbaI2q1BNX6gkDjGtpICg8/s1600/IMG_0940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjm5tUPwMeIOTzWnkOY83Iuhxqw2c0zUdEiyZ7ErKuDRycegm2xdWR_8MDy0rTbHS35SExtdosnte6lKHLnAgU4OS82f6nSl1v6t6BxyHn0SPlH8TdrcusXbaI2q1BNX6gkDjGtpICg8/s640/IMG_0940.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">jaipur nama</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqn-jhGABVEWJb0wkw5uv1Onuzftwnu2D5G_zR-7MZ6C6FL7pWkprtCgfz6NXBiGiYvAXrURum0U40Dc5m2D_guEQw01gCtzRLGdmGvK5Bit4EsN4_xpJSyPoGwqHBbAzhbzQSHvWuJY/s1600/IMG_0945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqn-jhGABVEWJb0wkw5uv1Onuzftwnu2D5G_zR-7MZ6C6FL7pWkprtCgfz6NXBiGiYvAXrURum0U40Dc5m2D_guEQw01gCtzRLGdmGvK5Bit4EsN4_xpJSyPoGwqHBbAzhbzQSHvWuJY/s640/IMG_0945.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">small knickknacks added to the beauty</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUeTqDQzWKRaFAF5fbsjNbY_5KIPnZG35j6Fm_wIeFNwS_usnbW1FoK2G0d9ClpzVIzMxSaIIUdFDiZ_0jdmGIqdeQ1NTZOh_nxHhp0dIJ5S7Bi0Qv3gsSWHpsyJiIs5a5EvXKsoMjwA/s1600/IMG_0949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUeTqDQzWKRaFAF5fbsjNbY_5KIPnZG35j6Fm_wIeFNwS_usnbW1FoK2G0d9ClpzVIzMxSaIIUdFDiZ_0jdmGIqdeQ1NTZOh_nxHhp0dIJ5S7Bi0Qv3gsSWHpsyJiIs5a5EvXKsoMjwA/s640/IMG_0949.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an old small carved round table</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl40Te-rFWNmxtnXtshOGP7TagNhHpRunhj37K66ulFolSy6ahbS8QvDFgDyF7eqZbumlmgmNU8nOnArk7SRET1cER6hZPaufwzNrVui8sGqDoRRhbrk6BkiO-upuRQIPxC99QoUG7gQ/s1600/IMG_0961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl40Te-rFWNmxtnXtshOGP7TagNhHpRunhj37K66ulFolSy6ahbS8QvDFgDyF7eqZbumlmgmNU8nOnArk7SRET1cER6hZPaufwzNrVui8sGqDoRRhbrk6BkiO-upuRQIPxC99QoUG7gQ/s640/IMG_0961.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an old photograph of aunts mother</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_x0zMyVQhI-twImvFsh2kcBOZQZcSGSr_yH30lVXk97u22HD1xl6r6AAwHOs5AR0o3dGHBGy-45kaRBOOSzZVlYMdSUuJTQvDtguzFsNZq-ToPlow80RsJxTva3gySkb4V1jAc5DlmY/s1600/IMG_0970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_x0zMyVQhI-twImvFsh2kcBOZQZcSGSr_yH30lVXk97u22HD1xl6r6AAwHOs5AR0o3dGHBGy-45kaRBOOSzZVlYMdSUuJTQvDtguzFsNZq-ToPlow80RsJxTva3gySkb4V1jAc5DlmY/s640/IMG_0970.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fresh flowers floating</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1sAn04LdUs3Bi-f7R6-6oJQE7R35Wfk42lIJxcAA8BkqpJhn3FwcKB8AFWHOWaMifZh9HvsUYXmDuyemAauLQmPxur4Q2HVveC3rI-pXQnemAOnnU4zv4PnxjPi5L7MNdDSiVo8xn5w/s1600/ajmer+271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1sAn04LdUs3Bi-f7R6-6oJQE7R35Wfk42lIJxcAA8BkqpJhn3FwcKB8AFWHOWaMifZh9HvsUYXmDuyemAauLQmPxur4Q2HVveC3rI-pXQnemAOnnU4zv4PnxjPi5L7MNdDSiVo8xn5w/s640/ajmer+271.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All images:Lakshmi Arvind</span><br /><br /></div>

Ajmer Bungalow,Ajmer

Ajmer Bungalow, home to the lovely Mrs Rajika Shukla and Mr Naveen Capoor. Its a typical British Bungalow, built in early 1908. Its a  beaut...

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