Udaipur, India
I spent the last week cruising around the Adavasi areas of the Udaipur district, trying to soak in as much experience of Indigenous culture as possible while trying to avoid being soaked by the torrential monsoon. The trip was a mixed-bag of experiences, from receiving the warm hospitality of the 'poorest of the poor' to the cryptic blessings of an Adi-dhum medicine man. The real purpose of my journey was however to see the successes and failures of developmental...