Isha Basant Joshi
Withered Jewel of Lucknow!
How life can be unfair as it is uncertain is a bitter story. A name people do not hesitate to throw as a trophy to boast as an example of the accomplishment, empowerment of women, has...
Calligraphy: An Art That Needs Attention
Lucknow is one of the most prominent centre of calligraphy and the contribution of the city in promoting the art is outstanding. Beautiful writing in Urdu, Persian and Arabic is known as ‘khushnavisi’. The art ...
Kothi Bibiyapur
The Unsung Heritage
The Mughal Architecture brought into being, the tradition of building art. In its early phase, that is, till the third quarter of the eighteenth century, Shahjahanabad remained an ideal to ...
Hulas Khera
The Compelling Mystery of a Submerged Civilization
Passing Mohanlalganj, further south of Lucknow one arrives at the dainty village of Hulas Khera, a cursory glance would establish it as an ordinary village bu...
Sauda’s Scintillating Satire
TLO traces the footsteps of Sauda or Malak-ush Shuara who lived and wrote in Lucknow in the 18th century
Mirza Mohammed Rafi Sauda from the 18th century is the greatest Urdu poet of the qasida, or the ode styl...
If it’s Tuesday, it’s got to be Hanumanji
Come first Tuesday of the month of Jeth each year and devotees of Hindu deity Hanuman throng the temple in Aliganj. Such is the rush of devotees that the roads leading to the temple get choked with bumper-to-bu...
Lucknownama
Descent of Lucknow in Historical Account
Avadh has been mentioned in the Ancient Indian History as 'Koshla' with its capital at Sravasti and later on at Ayodhya. Though Sravasti, Ayodhya and Jaunpur were impor...
Jhandewala Park
Pilgrimage of Lucknow
The Aminabad area in Lucknow is attributed with a peculiar identity system. Every alley, chauraha or park in Aminabad is a distinguished spot on the map of the city. Thus, every "subpart"...
Ganeshganj Methodist Church
The Chronicles of Christian Faith in Old Lucknow
In the centre of the rush and bustle of Ganeshganj market stands a quite place of worship distinct from any other there in more ways than one. Ganeshganj Method...
Premchand’s Eidgah
A Story of Selfless Love
Munshi (an honorary prefix) Premchand was one of the most celebrated Urdu-Hindi short-story writers, novelists, and dramatists of the Indian subcontinent of the early 20th century. Oft...