The British statesman’s relationship with India throughout his life was a complicated one. That has not stopped some ...

India's maharajahs or rulers of princely states are commonly viewed through stereotypes of elephants, dancing girls, and grand palaces. Historian Manu Pillai revisits their legacy. If you look ...

India's 562 princes occupied nearly half its landmass and ruled over a third of its population They lived in fairy-tale palaces, amassed untold fortunes in diamonds and precious stones, maintained ...

"Our billionaires are the new Indian maharajahs. Their shareholders expect nothing less than a mega extravaganza." Indians ...

This travel film takes the viewer to the northern part of Rajasthan After a quick day tour in New Delhi and its surroundings we visit the magnificently painted havelis of Shekhawati in Jhunjhunu ...

Ideas of privacy in a royal marriage were fluid. Marriage was also an instrument through which political lineages of less ...

This, notwithstanding the fact that India’s maharajahs fed their horses an absurd diet of ghee (clarified butter), unrefined ...

A property which overlooks an historical landmark is on the market for the first time in 47 years. The Grove overlooks The Maharaja’s Well in Stoke Row near Henley. The well was constructed in ...

Ghanafuor, as Africa stands at the threshold of unprecedented economic transformation, the clarion call for positive change resonates loudly: shed outdated influences and forge a new path forward .

Gods, Guns and Missionaries surveys these remarkable dynamics with an arresting cast of characters – maharajahs, poets, gun-wielding revolutionaries, politicians, polemicists, philosophers and ...