Book Review: Maharani
Penguin India
Book: Maharani
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Penguin India
Price: Rs.350
H.H. is a spoilt, selfish, beautiful widow of the Maharajah of Mastipur. She lives with her dogs and her caretaker, Hans, in an enormous old house in Mussoorie, taking lovers and discarding them, drinking too much, and fending off her reckless sons who are waiting hungrily for their inheritance. The seasons come and go, hotels burn down, cinemas shut shop, and people leave the hill station never to return. But H.H. remains constant and indomitable. Observing her antics, often with disapproval, is her old friend Ruskin, who can never quite cut himself off from her. "Maharani" is a novella about love, friendship and death.
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