A LOCAL TOURIST Lost in my own thoughts , it took me a second to realise that the subject of our photographs was bolting towards us with a foot long wooden stick in his hand. In no time the swarming crowd of students around me was gone , I ran too. In those overcrowded markets of the city center of Jaipur, where even walking is a task ,we group of 30 students were running for our lives. After what felt like an eternity , I stopped , gathered all my courage and asked the snake charmer ," ke huyo sa?" , as I looked at his face for the first time after the chase began, I noticed he was worried more than angry. " Baisa meh garib haa, keb bigaado hai kisi ko, jo thari animal welfare organisation mahare piche padi se", he replied. After explaining to him that we were not from animal welfare organisation and were not planning to take away his little slithering friend .But this was not the first time since morning somebody mistook us for tourists or some organisation ...