Camels sit with their long limbs tucked under them or repose languidly on their sides, chewing their cud. A couple of calves, covered in soft curly wool, stand next to their mothers. They watch tractors drive by the dusty lane and women herd water buffaloes and goats. Children with hastily washed faces carry satchels to school. I know I have arrived at my destination in Mundara, Pali district, Rajasthan. I wait for Hajiram, the man I had come to see, in the courtyard, under the dappled s