This Wednesday marked the sixth death anniversary of the late Gayatri Devi, the erstwhile Maharani of Jaipur, who was known towards the latter part of her life as 'The Rajmata.' We had the privilege of meeting her on many occasions professionally and socially, but our first encounter with her had been late at night at Delhi airport.

Her car had not come to receive her, she was unaccompanied and we had offered to drop her. Without fuss and utterly accessible, she had talked throughout the car journey and the next day, we had received a lovely handwritten note thanking us for our thoughtfulness and inviting us to tea!