The Prince of Print
Munshi Newal Kishore is often called the William Caxton of Lucknow after the English businessman who first introduced a printing press in England in the 15th century.
The city may have reduced his name to a ro...
Ganga Snan Mela
A reflection of Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb
On the day of Kartik Purnima, hundreds of devotees prepare to take the holy dip in the Ganges, but for more than 500 years indigenous businessmen and handicraft workers hea...
Go ganjing…
The people of Lucknow love ganjing, a term used to describe leisurely, aimless ambling in the wide lanes and by-lanes of Hazratganj. This is the city's most posh and happening market which is also a place of be...
A jewel in the heart of the city
Safed Baradari
The Qaiserbagh palace complex comprises many grand monuments of Lucknow. Situated in the heart of the city, one such elegant building is the Safed Baradari that was built in 1854 by Nawab Waji...
Lal peda in Lucknow with Farooq Shaikh
Deepti Naval who has played in nearly a dozen films with the late Farooq Shaikh including the 1981 charmer Chashme Baddoor told The Lucknow Observer that yes, it is true that the actor was enchanted with Luckno...
Why this whey…
The demand for dairy products continues to be high even in urban, and rapidly modernising Lucknow. The result is the establishment of various small scale milk processing units in the district, accompanied by ma...
Is arrogance the middle name of AAP?
I am an anarchist, declared Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after leading his ministers and legislators from their respective office in the Secretariat to squat on the ground in front of the Rail Bhavan for a dh...
Uff! yeh Lucknow ki sadkein…
Lucknow's pehle aap tehzeeb is thrown to the winds by the chaotic traffic in the city. Especially in the old city, in areas like Chowk, Hussainabad, Nakhas, Thakurganj and Aminabad never ending traffic jams are...
Faiz in Lucknow
As a token of initiation Dhanpat Rai had whispered the gurbani qalma gayatrimantra to Faiz Ahmad Faiz on 10 April, 1936.
The occasion was the first conference of the Progressive Writers Association (PWA) in ...
Har dehleez pe hai chiraagh…
This year people gave expression to their faith in non-violence by lighting a lamp at their door step exactly at 17.17 hours on 30th January in memory of the exact date and time that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ...