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Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon







Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

She was the heiress to the “throne” of Mysuru. Oh, and by the way, the elephant is in musth, so watch your dress” or “Jaya, the Prime Minister of Oppenheim is morally opposed to butter, so you cannot have any at breakfast either.”īut it was all right. It was always, “Jaya, the townspeople want you to feed their lucky elephant so it’ll win in the races tomorrow. Jaya’s reality was actually quite different. The entire Disney enterprise had a lot to answer for, in her opinion. If the courtiers introduced her, say, in this fashion: “Her Royal Highness, Princess Jaya Rao of the Imperial House of Mysuru,” most people would immediately picture Jaya cooing to birds and shaking hands with friendly mice, tiara glimmering in the summer sun. While she was there, Jaya had one mission: break an English nobleman’s heart.īut first she had to fall in love with him.īeing a princess wasn’t as glamorous as the media might have you believe. The Academy would be Princess Jaya Rao’s home for the next year. Its sweeping spires, creeping ivy, and timeworn brick turrets often lead visitors to remark that it looks like a venerable castle from an old European city. Just outside Aspen, Colorado, nestled between the sentinel mountains and an inkblot lake, lies St. For the cursed and the brave who refuse to bow to the stars









Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon