Anyone who has visited India knows that colour is important to Indians. Not only does it make the country vibrant, colour is significant to Hindus and often distinguishes classes and trades. Everything in India seems colour-coded, from the dots the women wear on their foreheads, to the colour of the turbans the men wear in the deserts. Even the cities are “colour-coded”. Jaipur is generally pink, painted to celebrate the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1876. Jodhpur is blue; originally the colour of the Brahmin caste, the blue paint job caught on in Jodhpur and now much of old city and the outskirts are painted a shade of indigo blue. When you’re discussing cities in Rajasthan, it’s often easier to say “Pink City” or Blue City” than the actual city names. Everyone in India knows that “Blue City” is synonymous with Jodhpur.