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Synopsis This book contains an engrossing and vivid eye-witness account of the grandeur and splendour of the Kutch State, including customs of the Royal Family. Its isolated geographical position fashioned the lives of the inhabitants. The contemporary photographs take the reader back in time, while the coloured ones illustrate the continuing traditions making the volume more attractive. The world War II, ravages of continuing inflation, merger of the State with the Indian Union in 1948, and socio-political changes had a great impact on the customs of those times, many of which have ceased to exist while many have suffered irreversible changes. Kutch in Festival and Custom bridges the gap between the past and the present. It is unique and quite distinct from other write-ups on princely India published after 1947. The devastating earthquake on 26, January 2001 lifted Kutch from a remote corner of India and projected it on the world atlas. The book also satisfies the new curiosity generated by the tragedy.