tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post2838719906004870458..comments2024-02-26T07:35:50.281-08:00Comments on the style saloniste: Distant Travels: Chasing the NizamDiane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-33908535701865098832012-03-17T01:52:24.727-07:002012-03-17T01:52:24.727-07:00Mir osman ali the nizam of hyderabad dont have h...Mir osman ali the nizam of hyderabad dont have his name in hyderabad ...................just a museum .......and photos of him,.............not even name of the person who has built charminar and asra hospital ........Quli qutub shah..........first of all i say that due to insufficient funds mr mukrram jha has sold all the stuff ...........now the assembly was the royal palace of the family now there will be fighting for Money in that area all our big politicians .......i really thank full to our Congress govt that they kept seized all the belongings of Nizam and put it in there homes .shahedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152432082497463132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-70501827428197999272010-12-14T07:09:18.882-08:002010-12-14T07:09:18.882-08:00Thank you for the post- Hyderabad is one of India&...Thank you for the post- Hyderabad is one of India's most fascinating cities. I thought you might like to take a look at another blog on Hyderabad that I love- it is a "photo-documentary" of the city and covers all the forgotten nooks and corners of the city and details its rich history-<br />http://fourtowers.blogspot.com/<br />RinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-27682739896327370492010-12-11T05:46:15.417-08:002010-12-11T05:46:15.417-08:00Dear Diane, don't get too used to it... we wan...Dear Diane, don't get too used to it... we want you to come back home!<br /><br />A stunning post about an utterly fantastic place. Thanks so much for taking me there for a few minutes on this prosaic rainy morning in Redwood City!<br /><br />Kindest cheers for your safe travels.<br /><br />Kit*Chic Provence*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06520485138167646348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-24141151628908303622010-12-11T03:44:34.797-08:002010-12-11T03:44:34.797-08:00Dear Diane,
I can not express how I love your post...Dear Diane,<br />I can not express how I love your posts and texts! You are amazing! <br />We all learn so much of you travelling around the world! And you are so generous to share your experience and all your gorgeous pictures with us!<br />This post 'Chasing the Nizam' is a beauty! I so loved the hotels here! And the beautiful buildings with the European influences!<br />And the storys you write down! <br />Thank you so much Diane!!<br /><br />I wish you a wonderful weekend!<br />xx<br />GreetGreet Lefèvrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417048594754414357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-73234970131013023112010-12-10T10:35:13.020-08:002010-12-10T10:35:13.020-08:00Dear Friends-thank you for your passion and enthus...Dear Friends-thank you for your passion and enthusiasm for design and new places and new discoveries, distant lands. Loved hearing from you.<br /><br />Penny Bianchi-in Santa Barbara.<br />I feel so energized by your enthusiasm and ideas and sense of fun! You are the tastiest designer, and have the most magical house and family. You, especially, would love this dream of a palace hotel in Hyderabad. Loved hearing from you.<br />Blaise--dear friend, it is so lovely to hear from you, and of course I'm thrilled to hear you are going to India. If you go precisely to the places I wrote about, you will adore it. It's an adventure! Send me notes from India.<br />Renee-yes, you are absolutely right...the Falaknuma Palace is, every inch, design inspiration. You could spend weeks exploring every room and loggia and suite...and the spa. I hope you can visit.<br />Griffin--this is your kind of palace. It's a fantasy, created with untold wealth, and an Anglophile/Francophile/Turkophile sensibility...just magical. So rich in history and delight.<br />Reggie--I can see you sipping elegant cocktails in this palace hotel. The staff are worldly and lovely and handsome! I could not have been more impressed. This hotel will become a legend. <br />Cheers to you all, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-39842540326096778902010-12-10T05:40:50.261-08:002010-12-10T05:40:50.261-08:00Diane,
What a gorgeous post, chock-o-block with lu...Diane,<br />What a gorgeous post, chock-o-block with luscious photos, fascinating commentary, and spectacular subject matter. Incredible! Thank you for taking your lucky (and in the case of this one--dedicated) readers on this delicious journey to the very lap of exotic luxury.<br />ReggieReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-51404013306678926692010-12-10T04:26:40.690-08:002010-12-10T04:26:40.690-08:00Absolutely breathtaking....I felt like going into ...Absolutely breathtaking....I felt like going into the magic land of Alladin's cave!!A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-50524661486161057412010-12-09T11:41:51.790-08:002010-12-09T11:41:51.790-08:00oh my......
the green emerald turban decoration ha...oh my......<br />the green emerald turban decoration has stolen my breath.<br /><br />also the ceiling treatment in the spa.<br /><br />beautiful post.<br />merry xmasRenée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-90544588658181378452010-12-09T10:35:49.190-08:002010-12-09T10:35:49.190-08:00Hi Diane,
Just a note to say I love your blog and ...Hi Diane,<br />Just a note to say I love your blog and especially your latest trip. Tom and I are returning to India for an Ayurvedic retreat in late January. We'll try to stop in Hyderabad to do our own search for the Nizam!<br />Happy Holidays,<br />BlaiseUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606048433276102199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-43889425269921095512010-12-09T00:54:08.245-08:002010-12-09T00:54:08.245-08:00Lordy! my grandmother would say!
Exquisite beyon...Lordy! my grandmother would say!<br /><br />Exquisite beyond description..........you are the most eloquent writer in the world........you paint pictures in our minds......that no one else could even come close to doing!<br /><br />thank you, thank you......and I will fax you tommorrow the darling article about the lady who was Dodie's guest in Venice.........<br /><br />Dodie was a gift to us all!<br /><br />As are YOU!!!<br /><br />Much love, PennyPenelope Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044698051543677637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-72538797382281375842010-12-08T12:43:13.793-08:002010-12-08T12:43:13.793-08:00FRIENDS--
Loved this message via email from the g...FRIENDS--<br /><br />Loved this message via email from the great French photographer, Guy Hervais, with whom I've worked on several of my design/interiors books.<br /><br />Chère Diane,<br /><br /><br />Just received your last blog at my return from Italy.<br />Great to see your eternal dedication to<br /> great places and artists...<br /><br />I thought that Hyderabad was such an experience in India. Cordialement, GuyDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-60217021914264580622010-12-08T12:36:34.107-08:002010-12-08T12:36:34.107-08:00Dear Friends-
I also received the following kind ...Dear Friends-<br /><br />I also received the following kind message:<br /><br />Thank you sooo much for this fabulous <br />post! Can only imagine how much <br />effort you put into writing this.<br />I'm ordering all the books mentioned to <br />learn more!! Sally Stotler Leonard<br /><br />Sent from my iPhoneDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-66923024927355843942010-12-08T09:11:39.793-08:002010-12-08T09:11:39.793-08:00Dear Friends-
Thank you so much for your heartfelt...Dear Friends-<br />Thank you so much for your heartfelt and wonderful responses. I had seen images of the Falaknuma Palace hotel about a year ago, long before it opened, and decided to go and visit as soon as it opened. The hotel and Hyderabad were pure discovery.<br />The restoration of the hotel (neglected for decades) was superb--funded by Princess Esra--and as I was there just a few days after it opened, it was untouched and pristine.<br />Hyderabad is a city of great history (Cyberabad city if 40 miles away, and the center of all high-tech firms of the world)...and in hidden niches and private corners one can find, with determination, the old palaces and libraries and ballrooms of stunning faded beauty. <br />I'm so glad you were captured by this beauty...<br /><br />kindest wishes, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-14326723624354278072010-12-08T08:48:37.721-08:002010-12-08T08:48:37.721-08:00WOW, WHAT AN AMAZINF LIFE YOU HAVE DIANE....
CAN ...WOW, WHAT AN AMAZINF LIFE YOU HAVE DIANE.... <br />CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT A SINGLE FAMILY LIVED IN THIS PALACE AT ONE TIME...<br />JUST LOVELY AND SO FULL OF LIFE AND BEAUTY..<br />NOT THE KIND OF LIFE THAT MOST OF US KNOW, BUT TO VIST AND LET ONES SELF FEEL THE BREATH AND SCOPE OF THE ENERGY THERE MUST BE THE HIGH LIGHT OF ONES YEAR OR LIFE...<br /><br /><br />XXOO<br />MELISSAhoneybeeandmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-68190757723908876292010-12-08T07:42:23.553-08:002010-12-08T07:42:23.553-08:00Beautiful photos and fascinating post as always Di...Beautiful photos and fascinating post as always Diane. Your post is quite a coincidence because I just received the book that I ordered, "Made for Maharajas- A Design Diary of Princely India". If you don't have it I think you should add it to your library.Michael Hamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196069224930343443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-33302003165962424832010-12-08T05:20:13.840-08:002010-12-08T05:20:13.840-08:00What an amazing and rich post! How generous of you...What an amazing and rich post! How generous of you to share so much interesting and beautiful history and detail!<br /><br />There is so much to explore and dive deeper into and I particularly enjoyed this.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />x Charlotta<br /><br />P.S. Can only imagine the weight of that Safire turban..! Imagine if he tripped..!Charlotta Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758013454341639663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-77068499554965388182010-12-07T22:13:22.090-08:002010-12-07T22:13:22.090-08:00What a fascinating story. You have just given me ...What a fascinating story. You have just given me something new to read up on.lindaraxahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721286284279902181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-89175713310075271922010-12-07T18:55:34.962-08:002010-12-07T18:55:34.962-08:00I was greentinged around my neck when I heard you ...I was greentinged around my neck when I heard you were in India ...my whole body is now a very vibrant green!<br /><br />I've started saving....thank you for the latest travel idea!Concrete Junglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719831749205797925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-19590833320228000902010-12-07T12:05:41.462-08:002010-12-07T12:05:41.462-08:00Fascinating! I particularly enjoyed the former Br...Fascinating! I particularly enjoyed the former British Residency.John J Tackettnoreply@blogger.com