The Deodis of Hyderabad a Lost Heritage

In the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, the nobles of the princely state of Hyderabadived in palatial residences known as deodis, some 1200 of which once existed in the Old City of Hyderabad. Almost all of these traditional homes have been demolished in recent years, eavingittle trace of a now vanishedifestyle. The Deodis of Hyderabad takes you on an evocative journey into the past as the author describes some of the prominent deodis and theives of the grand nobles whoived in them. She recreates and recaptures the ambiance that once pervaded in these stately homes and then contrasts what once was, with what iseft of the deodis.