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Princely palaces transformed into luxury hotels, elephant rides, shimmering saris, tourists love the refined change of scenery of Jaipur. The current maharajah has converted most of his properties into palaces. This heir to a very rich lineage has a rival in a French businessman, who buys sumptuous residences. The capital of Rajasthan also attracts stylists and jewelers, who have found the ideal equation between know-how and low prices. But in the workshops, it is sometimes children who cut the sapphires and rubies. Beggars have settled around the station. Author: Dorothée Frenot