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Manu S. Pillai: How gossip shaped dynasties and destroyed reputations

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- In September 1925, C.W.E. Cotton, British representative at the court of Travancore, wrote to an acquaintance: "I am greatly excited over the prospect of getting married". The "... Read More


Sita Devi of Baroda: The "maharani' who never was

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- On 6 November 1943, Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao-zamindar of Vuyyuru in today's Andhra Pradesh-received a letter from his wife of ten years. It was a short paragraph, probably worded by... Read More