Maya and the Bird

October 2009
Private Collection

Shanila

October 2011
In the Collection of :
Geraldine Schumacher, VA

Ishaani

March 2011
In the Collection of :
Natacha Badie, France

Ishaan

December 2010
In the Collection of :
Natacha Badie, France

Maya

Maya was inspired by her namesake in the movie Kama Sutra. She was the servant with the beauty of a queen ... the beloved of Jai Kumar and the mistress of Raj Singh.

Maya was played by Indira Varma in Kama Sutra

Tara

Tara, the third doll in the Maharajah's Palace series made for Susan Tay. Her dress is inspired by the pink lehenga-choli worn by her namesake in Kama Sutra (see photo below). This is how Susan describes Tara:

Bride and future Maharani, ethereally beautiful but always thinking she is not quite as pretty as Maya nor as talented a dancer. God is fair, I guess, for all of Tara's insecurity, she is filthy rich as you will be able to see from the palace that I am planning for her.

To read more about Susan's Maharajah's Palace, visit:
http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com/
2008/12/my-maharajahs-palace-day-3.html

Tara was played by Sarita Choudhury in Kama Sutra

Raj Singh

Raj Singh is the second doll in the Maharajah's Palace series made for Susan Tay. This is how Susan describes Raj Singh:

A most handsome prince. He loves Maya but will only marry Tara. A philanderer and a hedonist, he spares no expense to acquire all things pleasing to his senses. The palace, their clothes, the furnishings will all be testaments to his expensive taste and his lavish lifestyle.

To read more about the characters as Susan envisions them, visit:

http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com/
2008/12/my-maharajahs-palace-day-3.html

In the movie, Raj Singh is portrayed as an ill-tempered and cruel man, and I was really excited when I was told by friends that the doll has a cruel glint in his eyes!

Raj Singh was played by Naveen Andrews in Kama Sutra