hi Akshay.. It's true the Kapurthala Maharajkumar was like that... but that time everybody was into the same things... Arun singh ji is my Uncle(father's cousin brother) so i know about their lives very well.. the harem was large but just imagine the kind of work maharajkumar did.. from rail coach manufacturing cenrtre.. to Jagatjit distilliries...etc etc oh he was a great man... honoured by her the queen of england.. >From: akshay chavan <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Kapurthala Princesses >Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:59:52 -0800 (PST) > > > I am extremely pleased to know that princess Sita >of kapurthala is still alive. She is mother of >minister Arun singh. I saw some stunningly beautiful >photos of her by cecil beaton in Ritu Kumar's book. >Princess Sita has led a glamorous life in india and >paris. I really hope she writes a book about her life >like Brinda and Indira . > Kapurthala princesses Princess Brinda, Sita, >Anita , Indira ,rani kanari and Amrit kaur of mandi >led fantastic lives. They travelled around the world , >wrote poems and books and were trendsetters of their >age. Princess Indira even wrote a novel in 1928 called >"Revenge of the gods" . Its a pity so little is known >about them. > Also what I feel bad is only one aspect of >Mahraja Jagjit singh's personality is highlighted (the >size of his large harem ). But in an age when most >princes locked their women in strict purdah , jagjit >singh emancipated the women of his family. Without his >support they too would have been nameless and faceless >like other maharanis . > I can only hope that someone can prevent the >saga of their extraordianry lives being lost in oblivion. > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway >http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now!