1. Royal Arts of India Turn This Black - Tie MFAH Preview Into a Show Stopper

    Royal Arts of India Turn This Black - Tie MFAH Preview Into a Show Stopper

    Celebratory evenings launching exceptional exhibitions are standard procedure for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. But few, if any, could match the grandeur of the black-tie preview and dinner saluting the exhibition Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India.

  2. Inside Maharaja Padmanabh Singh’s palatial apartment in Jaipur

    Inside Maharaja Padmanabh Singh’s palatial apartment in Jaipur

    The bachelor pad in the recently renovated Suján Rajmahal Palace showcases his respect for tradition

  3. ‘Peacock in the Desert’ Review: Courting Opulence in Northwest India

    ‘Peacock in the Desert’ Review: Courting Opulence in Northwest India

    A survey of the Rathores, a Hindu clan of the warrior caste who over the course of 500 years built a life both cosmopolitan and grand.

  4. At Bikaner’s Narendra Bhawan, Everything is King-sized

    At Bikaner’s Narendra Bhawan, Everything is King-sized

    A stay at this haveli-turned-hotel helps reimagine the life of Bikaner’s last maharaja.

  5. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston parties royally with a Maharaja

    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston parties royally with a Maharaja

    To celebrate the opening of its grand show "Peacock in the Desert," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston staged a party fit for a king. And His Highness Maharaja GajSingh II of Marwar-Jodhpur brought the music.

  6. She Quit Showbiz to Live in an Old Fort for a Curious Reason

    She Quit Showbiz to Live in an Old Fort for a Curious Reason

    Priyamvada Singh left a cushy life in Mumbai to restore her family’s 148-year-old fort in Rajasthan. She ended up giving the village of Meja a new look, and the rural community a new outlook.

  7. Saved by a Maharaja During WW2, Polish Kids to Return to India After Decades!

    Saved by a Maharaja During WW2, Polish Kids to Return to India After Decades!

    The children, now old people, have fond memories of India

  8. Ex-Maharaja’s adopted Polish children to attend event in Gujarat

    Ex-Maharaja’s adopted Polish children to attend event in Gujarat

    80 years ago, Jamsaheb of Nawanagar provided a school, shelter and food for 1,000 of them in Camp Balachadi

  9. Welcome to New York: Meet His Highness Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur

    Welcome to New York: Meet His Highness Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur

    The 19-year-old polo-playing royal, who was Ava Phillippe’s escort at Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris, on his first night out as a New York resident.

  10. Awagarh - The Lost Royalty

    Awagarh - The Lost Royalty

    Royalty preserved with much love and care is what Awagarh all about.