Faye Levine

When India became a nation in 1947, its 600 maharajas last their royal grandeur and position. Now, twenty years later. Miss Levine tells us how they and their families hare fared, from serving in the Parliament to clerking in a Calcutta hotel.

A graduate of Harvard and onetime executive editor of the Harvard CRIMSON, Miss Levine recently completed a year of study as a Fulbright Scholar in India. This is the first of her reflections on life there.