Hyderabad, July 6 -- By S A H RIZVI

Like many rulers of the erstwhile princely states whose history are now limited to coffee table books or on their culinary delights, Scindias of Gwalior were different and could parachutes its members from palaces to the ministers

As widely believed Scindias could retain their power and position as they did in earlier times, their sagacity worked.

It was left to the genius of Rasheed Kidwai, a brilliant fellow political journalist and author to trek their long historical journey into a wonderful thread of words. The book examines how Scindia's unlike many other rulers were able to change and retain their position as if nothing happened.

The book examine how, unlike other dynasties, the Scindias of G...