India

Jaisalmer Fort

A golden fort that is still a neighbourhood Jaisalmer Fort rises above the city in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert, its yellow sandstone changing tone with the light. Rajasthan Tourism calls it Sonar Qila, or the Golden Fort, and stresses a point that can be missed in a quick photograph: homes, shops, hotels and old havelis remain inside its walls, where generations of residents have continued to live. This is not simply a deserted monument preserved behind…...