THE MODERN DAY MAHARAJAS

[suhel_seth]

There was a time when we adored the Gayatri Devis of the world and their mere presence said it all. Blue blood was something that could not be transfused. The royals behaved as they should have. As if they owned kingdoms. Which some of them truly did. Their jewels were the real stuff. Not some silly Italian brand that keeps opening expensive

Comments

[nadeem_sani]

Very well written!! We Indians love royalty and the associated pomp and grandeur by our very nature. Or, maybe it relieves the monotony of an otherwise dull, inane and mundane life of the ordinary Indians.
It always amazes me to see the neo royalty in all its crassness being eulogised by the masses - the mayawatis and I daresay even the ambanis of India are media monitored for the vicarious voyeuristic pleasures of the people. Perhaps we are a nation of masochists - the crass, distasteful display of riches plundered from the common people fuel our masochistic orgasms.