Jai Shankar Prasad
The Hero of Neo-Romanticism
Mohammad Rehan
Jai Shankar Prasad, a most celebrated personality related to the modern Hindi literature and Hindi theater, was born at 30th January in the year 1889. He was a great...
Qurratulain Hyder
A Pioneer of Urdu Fiction
Born on 20 January 1927 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, (though her family were from Nehtaur, UP), Qurrat-ul-Ain Hyder is one of the most celebrated Urdu fiction writers. She was named aft...
Hazratganj
The Heart of Lucknow
Nikita Gupta
A casual stroller taking a final turn from Qaiserbagh, would find himself gazed upon by monuments of exquisite beauty and a square of singular pride and stateliness. An arden...
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Poet who brought romanticism to revolutionary poetry
Dr. Zoya Zaidi
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, the most celebrated poet of 20th century, a romantic, a revolutionary, gave a whole new meaning to Urdu poetry. Freeing it ...
Allahabad…The Historic City !
See it through my eyes
Sehar Siddiqui
I do not remember my first rendezvous with this city, but I do remember my first date with this city. At the age of 9 I started to discover this city and our 'perfect dat...
The Sad Part of The Masterpieces
Buildings of Husainabad and its preservation
It is a matter of concern, wrote several historians, that the Nawabs, their family members and also the richer forebears of each community built very large and spac...
Asghar Ali Mohammad Ali
It reminds me of you the most
Syed M. Rizwan
A sweetness that swells in the smell of a rose”. Thus wrote Soul star Lamar on the enchanting effect of fragrance. For centuries, fragrances have been encaptured i...
Pandit Brij Narayan Chakbast
Ramayan in Urdu is contribution from Lucknow
“Zindagi Kya Hai Anasir Mein Zahoor-e Tarteeb,
Maut Kya Hai Unhi Ajza Ka Paresha'n Hona"
Pandit Brij Narain Chakbast was one such personality whose name i...
Mirza Salamat Ali Dabeer
Lucknow is proud on his Legendary Marsiya Poet
“Khana Hai Na Pani Na Qaza Hai Na Rihai,
Kis Dukh Mein Hain Allah Duhai Hai Duhai"
Mirza Salamat Ali poetically surnamed Dabeer was born at Delhi in 1803. T...