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French jewelry designer Marie-Hélène de Taillac has agreed to take me on an insider's gem-shopping adventure here in Jaipur, where many of the world's colored stones?emeralds from Colombia, rubies from Burma, aquamarines from Brazil???are cut and polished before they are shipped to such stores as Tiffany, Wal-Mart and neighborhood jewelers. Two flights up, there are shoes everywhere?loafers, sandals and dainty, beaded dance slippers. Double doors draped with wilted marigolds lead to De Taillac's atelier. Lit by stark winter sunlight, the room's entire floor is laid with mattresses covered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passage to India | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

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