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He is, to say it proverbially, wedded to his regal roots. Images of his majestic home in Kotwara and the life within it emerge as cameos in every medium that he delves in. Be it his body of work in cinema that spans from the restless tale of a taxi driver in Gaman, to a…

Royal Fables, in its 10th milestone edition hosted a Master Class on royal cuisine under its Kitchen of the Kings initiative. The open kitchen at the Living Room at the Hyatt, New Delhi provided the perfect setting wherein Royal Fables exhibition visitors and media persons attended the Master Class. This was on the first day of…

She is a perfect blend of a rooted Rajput who was brought up as an independent-minded, career-oriented and cosmopolitan woman. Someone who grew up between colonial Kolkata and gracious Jaipur, only to get married in the power capital of New Delhi which has been a home for her for over thirty years. Pushpita Singh is…

For Kunwar Hemendra Singh of Bhainsrorgarh, the kitchen is his playground. With his passion for cooking and his meticulousness towards serving his guests authentic flavours, he is keeping the rich legacy of Marwari cuisine alive. From the distant fort of Bhainsrorgarh, surrounded by the Chambal river, comes a timeless kitchen tale, told with total reverence…

Namrata Singh’s versatile jewellery is created with her innate and inherited sense of design and seeks to showthat the definition of ‘royal’ jewellery is not set in stone. “The noble and royal families of India, especially the Rajputs, very consciously adapted to European jewellery settings, to the famed Victorian styles of blending silver with gold and making stones, precious…

Royal families in India have been known for patronising distinct art forms and nurturing legendary palace studios. It is their patronage which went on to produce renowned artists like Raja Ravi Varma and Nihal Chand. The royals’ tryst with opulent design is historic. Anything they touch must be made in gold and encrusted with diamonds…

Shubhangana and Veerangana Jamnia’s brand, Dor, is not only keeping the legacy of craft alive,but also promoting sustainable clothing and supporting rural development. “While many 15-year-olds were chasing their medical or engineering dreams, I was fascinated by the Arthashastra, an Indian treatise on statecraft written by Chanakya, especially the role rulers played in nurturing their…

The influence of Victorian costuming is evident in many silhouettes adapted by the Indian princely states during the Raj era. From the mandatory gloves which had to be worn, while offering courtesy to the visiting monarch during the Delhi Durbar, to the long overcoats, embellished and embroidered in gold and worn over breeches and sharp…

With House of Badnore’s rich offerings of fabrics, jewels and art objects, blueblooded entrepreneur Rani Archana Kumari has successfully combined thecenturies-old legacy of her family with a spectacular modern aesthetic. The world of refinement as we see today owes its allegiance to the myriad craft studios and art ateliers that thrived within the forts, palaces…

Panna is a sleepy town of Madhya Pradesh, known both for its now dried diamond mines and the wildlife sanctuary that houses the Kohinoor of Indian wildlife: The tiger. Few know that it is also the princely state historically ruled by the Rajas of Bundelkhand, famed for their bravehearts on the battlefield and their bravado…