A graduate of New York College’s Gallatin College of Individualized Research, Gauravi has specialised in Media and Communications and has been steadily deploying her inventive prowess and social media savvy to showcase the expertise of native ladies on a world platform. Her lifelong ardour for handmade issues has all the time saved her deeply appreciative of the arts and crafts of her folks, and motivated her to open the PDKF retail retailer on the palace final 12 months.

The truth is, in her personal quarters in Chandra Mahal (the seven-storeyed palace that can also be the official residence of the Jaipur royals), Gauravi has a whole wall fitted with cabinets that characteristic handcrafted objects—miniature work, enamelware, textiles and blue pottery—most from Rajasthan and some from her travels all over the world. A sequence of latest renovations to her abode has now resulted in a drawing room accomplished up in inexperienced and white stripes, a pink-and-green striped bed room, a pink lavatory, a dressing room, a terrace and a patio. “All pastels, all girly, all me…each nook of my area is a steadiness between consolation and tradition,” says Gauravi. “On the Metropolis Palace, we like to make use of the time period ‘preserve’ as a substitute of ‘restore’. Our concept is to stay to the unique design. We interact conservation consultants and specialists to be sure that each facet of development and conservation is finished with the identical conventional supplies and strategies that had been used to construct the unique buildings 300 years in the past.”