Photograph: Andre Fanthome (RAAS)
Given the overall grandeur of Falaknuma Palace, the former domain of the nizams, Hyderabad’s pre-independence Muslim rulers, it’s easy to gaze at the desk in the hotel’s study and imagine the Jacob Diamond there. The size of a duck’s egg, with 184 carats, the seventh largest diamond in the world was used as a paperweight. But then, the reigning nizam had an entire vast room filled with precious gems, enough pearls to swamp a swimmi… (View original article)