Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Maharani


Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, who died last Wednesday at the age of 90. She was once included in Vogue magazine's Ten Most Beautiful Women . Very few people can look so stunningly beautiful even in their old age.One of the last remaining symbols of India's feudal past, Ms. Devi and her husband, the Maharajah of Jaipur, ruled over a fief of some two million peasants" before independence. She also participated in India's burgeoning democracy, being elected to parliament three times and serving from 1962 until 1975.
A tribute ....

10 comments:

  1. Hi Arti, Gosh the Maharani looks so haughty doesn't she ... I hope she was more approachable than she looked - mind you, I suppose someone so 'important' would require to be erm... not quite offhand but kind of held back if you know what I mean. I like the sketch though you definitely have caught a look of - "and WHO are you" about her ! hehehe...

    Cheers Kate x.

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  2. Thank you Kate..for taking so much time to comment on this... She was considered a generous person, may be this sketch is too harsh on her!She was mostly admired for her beauty and elegance.

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  3. Thank you kamal..I have been quite lazy on this blog...I will try to post more frequently..

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  4. Yes indeed she was very beautiful.. the portrait is very well done...

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  5. A very well done portrait, Arti!

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  6. Thank you Gary, 'workhard', and Dean...I appreciate your kind words.

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  7. I agree with Kate, the caricature does portray Rajmata like a rude princely stature. Maybe a smile would have added all the more pleasing, to the personality which she carried through her life, being open and reachable to all sect.

    Arti, another portrait, may be ?

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  8. Well done drawing, Arti! I remember seeing a travel program on TV about India, and they interviewed a Mararaja (spelling!?). His son was sitting beside him. The son looked about in his mid twenties in age, and was stunningly beautiful with his black long hair and incredible intense eyes! Not that upper class people are inherently handsome, but this young man was fantastic!

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