Rajasthan: Royal Welcome
You don't need blue blood in order to live like a maharaja for a few days-just Tom Vater's guide to the best of India's heritage hotels
In 1947, when India gained independence from the British, the maharajas had mostly gone to seed following 100 years of indulgence by their foreign masters. Their land and privileges gone, unable to find a new role in India's burgeoning democracy, the former kings soon ran out of cash to maintain [ read more ]
