She gives her alter ego a name 'jigyaasu' and asks existential questions to this imaginary character.Sans inhibitions , she is an oasis of emotions in this land of deserted feelings .A girl who feels that marriage is going to solve all her problems and is very vocal about finding her prince charming. This free spirit stuck in marriage matrimony.com decided to travel with me to the camel fair in Pushkar. As hilarious as it can get , it was a trip I cannot forget..
Ruchika.. a person who would touch your soul in the first hello and then wander with her thoughts into her own universe and leaves you with no choice but to tag along . It was lovely to have a glimpse of her univers.. So .. NO complaints!.
It is not important what places we visit .. all that matters is, who you travel with and what you carry with you and what you bring back.. In my case I would love to travel by myself or with a friend with minimum weight on my back and return with tonnes of memories. But Rooche.... the most unreliable nut case who decides to not book her tickets, whose ideas of back-packing is the entire house in a bag and buying every object in every store as she returns is a nightmare for a person like me.
Yes ! she came with all her jewelry, clothes and all the jing bang including her iron(to press her clothes in a camel fair) and also shopped for everything that was sold in pushkar. Her bag was twice as heavy as her and almost as long as her as well!
One of the most beautiful Kathak dancers I have ever met. Her spirit is transparent in every move. she glides through spaces and weaves this web of magic around her with her dancing. She wants to touch the skies.. she has her wings but she is a bit lazy to flap them.. she needs to be pushed off the cliff every time.. she loves the free falll.. the flight and the adrenaline.
Lets get to the best part .. she danced on the streets of Pushkar.. every single street.. every store .. restaurant and scared almost every camel on her way... the lake , the sky, the sun , the sand .. they all fell in love with her dancing and I had to capture it .. She had forgotten her camera so we shot this on a 8 mega pixel camera.. It was fun.. !
This is our travelogue .. One of the best journeys I have ever been on..
It is special all thanks to this wonderful maniac named Ruchika..
No more explanations.. Watch the video...
In many of the scenes she had no clue I was filming her.. Yup As natural as it gets ..
You ll have to bear with the video quality cos the camera woman was also dancing with her ;) ..
Watch ... enjoy !!
Pushkar with an obsessed Dancer ...
Wow!! what a wonderful world to be in....music, dance, free spirit, carefree, enthusiasm, enjoyment, every minute gratifying self :) nothing to ask more for being born....
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