Somewhere between a flight that preponed itself, a knife gifted by strangers in a hostel, and a camel that simply refused to move, the writer went to Rajasthan to perform stories on its streets — and came home carrying many of his own. Of Sand, Strangers and Smiles is a storyteller's journal of the people, places and unrepeatable moments that make Rajasthan, a favourite tourist state of India. Part travel memoir, part photobook, part love letter to the art of paying attention — this is a book for anyone who has ever believed that the most interesting story in any room is the one nobody has thought to tell yet.