On a wintry morning, I checked into my tented accommodation in the fort town of Mandu in Madhya Pradesh. I was there to participate in the first edition of the five-day Mandu Festival and rediscover this quaint town with a past, replete with stories of romance and battle, courage and betrayal.
Mandu was celebrating the idea of ‘Khojne Mein Kho Jao’, an eclectic mix of performing arts, workshops, art installations, nature walks, poetry reading, architecture, music and much more. The Mandu Fest reverberated with an exuberant mix of activities weaving together traditional norms. . .