A business deal and a book launch were cause for celebration at a stately evening hosted by H.H. Maharaja Gajsingh of Jodhpur and Raymond N Bickson, at the Diwan-i-Am, The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi. India Book House's just-unveiled coffee top publication, Palaces of Rajasthan, was the toast of the evening.
Overheard: "Are all Indian palaces now hotels?"

From left to right: Aman Nath, H.H. Maharaja Gajsingh, Padmini Mirchandani, George Michell

Raymond Bickson and Francesca Thapar	Sweety Burman and Shivraj Singh	Soha Ali Khan and Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi