Taj-e-Mumtaz is less of a ring and more of a proclamation—of grandeur, of nostalgia, of the golden days before the East India Company came looting with ledgers instead of swords. The large circular dial, edged with delicate colored pearls and studded with exquisite kundan, looks straight out of a Mughal darbar, where poets recited ghazals and emperors planned extravagant weddings. The tiny jhumkay swaying around it whisper tales of palanquins, mehfils, and secret rendezvous in jasmine-scented gardens. A ring that belongs in royal courts but has somehow found its way to modern brides, still carrying the weight of lost empires and stolen treasures.
