Ramadan

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Culture
It is not only about fasting A lay man will describe Ramadan as the holy month of the Muslims, during which they fast from sunrise to sunset. But it would not be wrong to decipher that there is so much more to...

Oudh Gymkhana

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Others
An Era of Outdoor Recreation Saumitra Shanker Crossing Parivartan Chowk and moving towards Kaiserbagh, right opposite to Bhartkhande University is a centre of sports, recreation and leisure of elite class of ...

Lalbagh Methodist Church

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Lifestyle
The Strength in the Heart of Lucknow Suchit Mathur Lalbagh Methodist church is situated in front of Dayanidhan Park and adjacent to Noor-Manzil Psychiatry Centre. Since there is one more church situated in La...

Bhatkhande

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Education
Restoration of the Glory of Performing Arts Palack Agarwal Art is the identity of a culture. The music, dance, literature etc. of a place go on to narrate the growth, development and current state of its peop...

Birbal Sahni

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Education
The Pioneer of Palaeobotany Sumbul Zehra Birbal Sahni was the pioneer of palaeobotanical research in India and is justifiably known as 'the father of Indian paleobotany'. He not only brought reforms in the fi...

Standing tall

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Concern
Disaster management for built heritage Talib Ahmad The earthquake last month that destroyed the regions in and around Nepal, not only took thousands of lives but it also caused great loss to the country's uni...

Fatema Sughra Haya

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Literature
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Farida Jamal Farangi Mahal, in the heart of old Lucknow, has been a renowned centre of Islamic learning for several centuries. Successive generations of Farangi Mahali scholars h...

Vilayatibagh

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Heritage
The Cemetery of the Invaders Shamim A. Aarzoo In the lush dense trails of cantonment area a little known nawabi relic exudes its charm. These grounds were made into Vilayatibagh during the reign of Ghazi-ud d...

Mayfair

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Lifestyle
Rise and Fall of a Victorian Curtain At the beginning of 1930, the prominent buildings in and around Hazratganj were the Jahangirabad Palace, P.M.G office building, District Magistrate's residence opposite it,...

Encroachment or Shelter ?

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Concern
A Scar on Lucknow's Cultural Heritage Uzair Hasan Rizvi Uttar Pradesh have got the dubious distinction of housing the largest number of encroached monuments in the country and its capital Lucknow is matching ...