"Wow! This is awesome."
"Stand near the pillar. Yes, a little closer. Ready. Say cheese."
"This cave is hewn out of a single giant rock. This used to serve as a prayer hall..."
"Where's Pinky? Pinky?"
"Can you imagine what it would have been like to live in this place, centuries back, amongst the reverberating sound of sacred chants..."
"Look at the details of this sculpture. You can see the ornaments she's wearing. Whose face it might have been, who knows?"
"How long it'll take us to reach Bombay?"
"It's amazing how they found this big rock on a hilltop, and working with chisels and hammers for centuries, could carve this magnificent structure."
"It's a pity! They should maintain this site in a better way. The authorities..."
"The signboard says it dates back to 2nd Century B.C."
"Look Maa, the elephant's trunk is broken."
"Let's go now. I'm hungry."
"... and we talk of patience!"
*At Karla Caves, some talk with awe, some remain quiet, and some others just overhear.
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Its the same at all these places na? Sometimes you overhear the most hilarious, the most appalling and the most irksome conversations! I remember when I was at Ellora somebody, amused by my interest in the actual sculpture and history, passed a remark saying I'm a firang India coz only firangs are interested in that kind of info!
Well, I do not consciously eavesdrop or something, but occasionally I seem to catch fragments of conversation which turns out to be funny or poignant or entertaining.
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