We spent the forenoon browsing through the streets of Jaipur seeing the craftsmen working on marble statues in Khazaane-walon ka Rasta and making bangles in Maniharon ka rasta.

In the old times, different streets were allotted for different professions. And apart from the stray shops that have come up of late, the tradition still continues. In fact, lifestyle in the older part of the city (the walled Pink City) still depicts the flavour of the old times. Except for the increased crowds and motorized vehicles plying over the roads, nothing seems to have changed here. I have covered it in detail in my notes on the lifestyle and culture of Jaipur together with visuals of Chhoti Chaupar.

After a quick bite, we visited the beautiful cenotaphs of the rulers of Jaipur at Gaitor and then drove up the hills to the Jaigarh fort.

The world’s biggest cannon on wheels, Jaivaan was truly intimidating – it’s 9’ high, 20’ long and weighs 50 tons! Made in the fort’s foundries, it was used only once – that too a test firing as the Jaipur rulers were pretty pally with the Mughals.

An old guide with a weather-beaten face told us that "the cannonball weighing 150 kgs landed 40 kms away, making the brave tremble and aborting the pregnant women." Phew!