Decoding the Martinian code
Kantaap! Gend Taadi! Bloody Swine! Force On! Bun Tac! Bun Samosa! Bun Shaami! Laat! Mart! Dame Mart! Podo! Capu! Rafu! Fundu! PD! Bogs! Haunches! Social! These were some of the words Siddhartha Goel tried to co...
Martiniere Lake Anglers’ Delight
All books and no fun was never the Martinian mantra. And the lake at the college was one fun spot for angling enthusiasts as it was home to a large stock of fish, though river turtles did play game spoilers at ...
Claude Martin ‘Celebrating Death’
Claude Martin had especially mentioned in his will that his death should not be commemorated as a day of mourning but as a festival or celebration.
By Mohsina Mirza
La Martiniere College, Lucknow celebrates i...
Make Lucknow litter free…
Ali Fazal is the new kid on the block from Lucknow to be making waves in Bollywood. After his smashing performance in Bobby Jasoos with none other than super actor Vidya Balan, Ali says that he feels he is sitt...
This POST OFFICE was once a court
Divya Suri rediscovers the Kakori Train Robbery special court
August 9 was a historic day for small town Kakori. In 1925 on that day, freedom fighters of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), Ram Prasa...
Our fearless freedom fighters
It may have happened nearly nine decades ago but every August is a thrilling reminder of the Kakori incident that took place in a village of the same name near Lucknow.
On 9 August in 1925 as the Number 8 Do...
Free but Fearful
This Independence Day Mehru Jaffer finds out why fear rules the life of so many youngsters, particularly women
On the eve of yet another indepen- dence day, 18 year old Anita (name changed) is full of fear, ...
Singing their way through University
Kakul Hai finds out what brought 13 British student-musicians to Lucknow recently?
Dressed in blue T-shirts and shorts, this group of 13 Oxford University boys call their band, what else but Out of the Blue....
Here is to you Zohra Sehgal!
Zohra Sehgal died at the age of 102 years last month. She was one of the first Indian actresses to achieve a truly international profile, with roles in films like Bend It Like Beckham in 2002 and Bhaji on the B...
Funny, But Not Frightening
A thing is funny when in some way it is not actually offensive or frightening but it upsets the established order.
George Orwell in a 1945 essay titled Funny, but Not Vulgar
Amongst countless talented young...