Lions Club Lucknow Ashirvad

Celebrating 25 years of Achievements in Lucknow ! H N Singh Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. Its 1.35 million members in more than 46,000 clubs are servin...

Rosie Llewellyn Jones

Lucknow is living abroad in heart & mind of a British lady. London based historian has unique passion for Lucknow. Infact she is a belief that how dedication can lead to positive results. She has written nu...

Lucknow Ki Galiya’n

Streets which are rich in history & traditions...! Arif The moonlit lanes of chowk and soothing sound echoing in background on radio “Jane kitne dino ke baad, gali me aaj chand nikla”, takes you back to a...

The Significance of A’ashura

(10th of Muharram) Shaheer A. Mirza The month of Muharram and particularly the 10th day (Yaum-al-A’ashura) has a great significance in Islamic history even before the events at Karbala took place where Imam H...

Jewels from Lucknow and Pakistan

How the Jewellery shines in the memories of a woman Sabiha Alwy The first and fondest memories I have of myself are the memories of my Bismillah, in Karachi Pakistan. This was November 1956, I was four and a ...

Melodious Therapy

The Role of Music in Learning Foreign Languages Hasan Farhan Music is present in every part of our lives. There is music in the morning which starts with the songs of birds; there is music in our prayers be i...

Lucknow’s Legacy In Azadari

Muharram- the first month of the Islamic calendar. The citing of the crescent, which marks the onset of Muharram, is done with welled up eyes. For this is the month when the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pe...

Sir Henry Havelock

British soldier honoured at Lucknow and London Prateek Hira En route to Kanpur, besides the remains of the Alambagh Fort lie the remains of Sir Henry Havelock. Havelock's grave stands in a small green garden,...

Colvin Taluqdars’ College

Saga of Lucknow from the colonial era till the modern day Arqam Fazal Mirza “Noblesse Oblige” the College motto in French could roughly be translated into “you are obliged to be noble at all times”. This was ...

Lucknow Ki Machhliya’n

Unique aspect which is associated with Awadh Isha Priya Singh Lucknow is a city of magnificent and ornate gateways. While touring around the city, one is sure to pass through or by one of these beautiful 'Dar...