There is something fascinating about women who have ruled and emerged victorious. History calls her a queen. We call her a disruptor. That is the legacy of Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, the ...
In July 1926, the secretary to the pregnant maharani of Travancore received a letter from his royal mistress’ doctor. Sheds, wrote M.P. Lukose, had to be erected on the palace premises—one, fully ...