Maharajahs, street children and precious stones: the mysteries of Jaipur | M6 | Enquête Exclusive

PriPrincely palaces transformed into hotels, elephant rides, shimmering saris… tourists just adore the refined otherworldliness of Jaipur. The current maharajah has converted most of his properties into luxury hotels. This heir to a long line of wealth has a rival in a French entrepreneur, who is buying up luxury homes. The capital of Rajasthan is also attracting fashion and jewellery designers, who have hit upon the ideal equation between craftsmanship and low prices. However, in the workshops it is often children who are cutting the sapphires and the rubies. Around the railway station the beggars have set up camp and racketeering and violence rule.