Descendant of India's last Emperor

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The slumdog princess: Descendant of India's last emperor is living in desperate poverty and struggles to feed her family

Sultana Begum (left) is descended from the last emperor of India (top right). Her ancestors built some of India's greatest architectural treasures including theTaj Mahal and the Zafar Mahal mosque in Delhi (bottom right). But Sultana lives in poverty in a Kolkatta slum