- Title: INDIA: FEATURE -INDIA GREAT PRINCELY FAMILIES - PARADISE LOST
- Date: 23rd January 1996
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. RULERS OF OUDH SIGN 2. SERVANT STANDING / SIGN READING ENTRY RESTRICTED CAUTIOUS OF HOUND DOGS 3. PRINCESS SAKINA MAHAL AND BROTHER ALI REZA AT HUNTING LODGE WITH DOGS 4. VARIOUS OF INTERIOR OF HUNTING LODGE 5. PRINCESS SAKINA MAHAL SAYING, "IT IS COLD LOGIC BACKED BY VINDICTIVENESS BY THE BURROWING BUREAUCRATS OF THE GOVERNMENT." (ENGLISH) 6. ASHES OF MOTHER OF PRINCESS SAKINA MAHAL IN URN ON TABLE 7. PRINCESS SAKINA MAHAL SAYING, "I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD IT IS A MEANINGLESS PLACE... UNTRUSTWORTHY CALCULATIONS AROUND US. THAT IS ALL I WISH TO SAY." (ENGLISH) 8. FILE FOOTAGE OF MAHARAJAHS ON ELEPHANTS 9. FILE FOOTAGE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI 10. PIECE TO CAMERA BY REUTERS TELEVISION'S DAN THOMAS, "WHILE THE RULERS OF OUDH ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, OTHER FORMER ROYAL FAMILIES HAVE ADAPTED TO A MORE MODERN WAY OF LIFE." (ENGLISH) 11. GAJ SINGH II, MAHARAJAH OF JODHPUR 12. EXTERIOR OF HOTEL / VARIOUS INTERIORS OF HOTEL 13. GAJ SINGH II, MAHARAJAH OF JODHPUR SAYING, "TRYING TO MAKE THESE ASSETS, WHICH APPEARED TO BE DEAD ASSETS AND WHITE ELEPHANTS AT LEAST PAY FOR THEMSELVES IF NOT EARN AND ALSO TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE STAFF WHO RELIED ON THE FAMILY AND I MUST SAY, BY AND LARGE, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL." (ENGLISH) 14. POLO MATCH / VIKRAMADITYA SINGH PLAYING POLO 15. VIKRAMADITYA SINGH SAYING, "ONE HAVE ADAPTED OVER THE YEARS. TODAY I HAVE 15 POLO PONIES BUT IN MY GRANDFATHER'S DAY HE MAY HAVE HAD 100 PONIES. THAT IS THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT ONE HAS TO COPE WITH." (ENGLISH) 16. WIFE OF VIKRAMADITYA SINGH SAYING, "THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY COMING FROM SUCH A FAMILY. THE THING NOW, IN THESE TIMES, IS TO KEEP UP THE FAMILY NAME AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN BY ADAPTING AND LIVING WELL IN THESE TIMES." (ENGLISH) 17. SINGHS WITH THEIR CHILDREN 18. VIKRAMADITYA SINGH WITH POLO PONY 19. PRINCESS SAKINA MAHAL AND BROTHER ALI REZA AT HUNTING LODGE WITH DOGS note narration at 10.05.18 to 10. 10.02 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
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- Country: India
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