"I am 81 and I have written a book… can you believe it?” Kumud Kumari, the former maharani of Gondal, in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, is an excited first-time author. It’s something “other Taj restaurants across India that offer royal cuisines have noticed” too, he says, without giving numbers. Heavy on meat and spices, Kathiawar food is one of India’s “hardy” …
The prolonged legal battle among members of the Jaipur royal family over the Jai Mahal Palace Hotel and Rambagh Palace Hotel has finally come to an end after court-appointed mediator Justice Kurian Joseph brokered an amicable settlement. According to the settlement, Devraj Singh and his sister Lalitya Kumari, the grandchildren of Maharani Gayatri Devi, will get back the heritage property, …
