India, Sept. 19 -- It is a rainy Sunday in Gwalior, and the Jai Vilas Palace wears its timeless grandeur like a second skin. Inside the gilded Darbar Hall stands a young man in a double-breasted Raghavendra Rathore suit. At 29, Mahanaaryaman Rao Scindia, fondly called Aary by his mum has the poise of his lineage and the ease of someone very much his own person. The hall around him glitters with history: ceilings with gold patina detailing that together used more than 560 kilograms of gold and towering Osler chandeliers - the second largest pair in the world. Yet, even in this setting of overwhelming magnificence, it is Aary's presence that draws the eye. Articulate, charming and with a quiet stateliness, he is at once the past and the fut...