maharajah's

They spoke for a half an hour more — a little about the dinner they had just eaten, the connection to the second cousin, a family with a million cousins — like a maharajah's brood, he said.

Smoke and Mirrors 2010

The Deccan Odyssey features cars resembling a maharajah's palace, with overstuffed sofas and wood-paneled carriages.

The Rails Less Traveled 2009

Last October, at the festival's opening procession, swallows cast fleeting shadows across the fort's walls as some of the maharajah's old British friends, the smart Delhi set and a smattering of inquisitive tourists followed the garlanded camels, trumpeters and fire-eaters that pushed through the fort's seven vast gates.

Keeping Time Robert Turnbull 2008

One evening in Jodphur, while staying in a gorgeous maharajah's summer palace, we went out looking for him in the gloaming; he was blasting fruit bats out of a banyan tree.

Week 30: The Truth About Camels 2007

With the help of the Hindu maharaja and the Dutch, Kochi's Jewish community rebuilt its synagogue, burned by the Portuguese, in its current location near his maharajah's palace.

India's Jews 2007

In an article in the Los Angeles Times, Henry Chu tells the courageous story of a maharajah's son, Manvendra Singh Gohil, who last year came out of the closet in Rajpipla, one of India's former princely states, and was consequently publicly disowned by his parents and ridiculed across the nation in which homosexuality is still a crime.

Indian Prince comes out of the closet gay person of color 2007

Set on the site of a maharajah's former hunting lodge and pleasure garden, the walled resort's grounds are lush with eucalyptus, fruit and palm trees.

India's 10 Top Luxury Hotels 2007

In an article in the Los Angeles Times, Henry Chu tells the courageous story of a maharajah's son, Manvendra Singh Gohil, who last year came out of the closet in Rajpipla, one of India's former princely states, and was consequently publicly disowned by his parents and ridiculed across the nation in which homosexuality is still a crime.

Archive 2007-01-01 gay person of color 2007

Granted, a maharajah's conception of a hunting lodge was probably more elaborate than most people's.

Royal Rambagh 2006

Gandhi was imprisoned for a few years, I think in Pune at a former maharajah's palace and that is also well worth visiting.

Gandhiji and Bombay Abodh 2006