For those who believe rags-to-riches stories are the stuff of fairy tales, Sash Simpson’s life will make them wake up and dig into the caviar.

V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR

The city of Raebareli in northern India has for most of the last 75 years been the political fiefdom of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that dominates the once-powerful Congress party and provided three of the nation’s prime ministers.

A Jain husband and wife from Gujarat have donated their immense wealth (nearly Rs200 crore/$32 million) and embraced monkhood.