(Source: File Photo) US based author-journalist Victoria Lautman speaks at the Jaipur Literature Festival. (Source: File Photo)Tourists have been thronging India’s temples, palaces, forts and mosques, but its ancient stepwells have largely been unknown which is really sad, said Chicago-based author-journalist Victoria Lautman here on Saturday. ‘Rahiman Pani Raakhiye’ is one such initiative where we discuss the various aspects around water.”Lautman also shared the reasons that prompted her to come out with a book “The Vanishing Stepwells Of India”. But I was also feeling that stepwells in India are vanishing which was paining me from within. Her first visit to India in 1985 led to many subsequent trips and ultimately an obsession with the country’s vanishing stepwells.

Source: Indian Express January 28, 2018 07:13 UTC