In Marwari, 78-year-old Leela Somani’s mother tongue, there is an old saying: When times change, only two aspects of a culture remain — its bheent (monuments) and its geet (songs). In the 1950s, ...
Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad, was often called the “son of a Marwari Seth” due to rumors about his parentage. His father, Mahbub Ali Khan, had multiple relationships, and it was ...