There were thirteen elephants here before. Now there’s no more money for elephants, but the elephant gate still stands,” the gentle-looking elderly man, who spotted us snooping around his courtyard several minutes earlier after we’d let ourselves in through a magnificent arched gateway told us. We assumed the mansion was no longer lived-in, but a small red car parked on the side of the driveway told us otherwise. Still, it looked empty, so we proceeded, taking photographs of this imposing,
is an Indologist, freelance writer, translator and editor from Croatia. She is currently based in Bangalore. She has co-edited and translated a selection from contemporary Indian women‘s writing, Popodnevni Pljuskovi (Afternoon Showers), published by the VBZ Publishing House, Zagreb, 2011.
