EXOTICA FEBRUARY 2018

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WHEN MAHARAJA GAJ SINGH INVITED ME TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE ARMOUR AT THE FORT, I AGREED. HOWEVER, I HAD NOT BARGAINED ON THE FACT THAT IT WOULD TAKE ME 11 YEARS. I STARTED IN DECEMBER 2006



‘I RESTORE OLD HOUSES IN ENGLAND. THEY TEND TO FUND MY BOOKS BUT REGARDLESS, I WOULD DO IT. AT ONE STAGE, I WOULD DO A HOUSE AND A BOOK ALTERNATELY BUT THEN IT GOT OUT OF KILTER’




BLADE SIROHI: SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, HILT UDAIPUR LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY 126 CM

109 CM 3.4 CM


RATHORE: FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY 55.5 CM

16 CM


BLADE: 18TH CENTURY HILT C. 1875 98 CM

83.5 CM 4 CM

SIROHI: 1943 60.5 CM

51 CM













UNSEEN KASHMIR, LUCID LADAKH

















RENEW YOUR TASTEBUDS









THE FROG PRINCE









PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA


MINISTER MeitY














ROUTES TO ROOTS



THE TRANSFORMABLES












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