Albert's Hopeless Hall

To experience the true meaning of hope followed by despair, pay a visit to Jaipur's Albert Hall Museum

Since Jaipur and its literary and other festivals are the flavour of the season, I have a question for the new chief minister of the state and his deputy: When they were being sworn in the other day at the Albert Hall Museum in the heart of Jaipur, did they actually open their eyes and take a look around? 

Over the years, I have visited a fair number of museums in India, something most people I know don’t do. But never have I had a feeling of such hopelessness as I did at Rajasthan’s oldest museum, also the state museum.