The Secular Face of Nawabi Era
Kapil Pal
Raja Tikait Rai Bahadur (1760–1808) was the Diwan of Awadh from 1791 - 1796 in the regime of Asif-ud-Daula. He was a learned Kayastha of Saksena clan, Raja Tikait Rai ...
An Acquaintance of Picasso
Dr. Sehba Ali
Syed Fakhir Hussein, a psycho- therapist and a litterateur is particularly known for the English translation of the popular Urdu Classic " Mashriqui Tehzeeb ka Aakhree...
Sun which Never Set
Decades ago, the poem 'Saroj Smriti' in the memory of his beloved daughter had imbued the world in the sea of emotions. Today it is widely revered in literary circles that make the poet imm...
A Candle in the Wind
Safia Akhtar who died prematurely at the age of thirty-seven in 1953 needs no introduction in Urdu literary circles. But to those not well- versed in Urdu literature, she can be introduced...
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...
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...
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...
UK's success story is from Lucknow
Sheikh Waris Ahmad Habibullah better known as Waris Hussein, is from taluqdar family of Saidanpur, Barabanki. Born on 9th December 1938 in Lucknow and grew up mainly in Bomba...
A Warrior of Urdu
Shaheer A. Mirza
There have been numerous personalities in the field of literature who devoted their whole life span in the service of their passion and interests, but certainly there are ve...
Lucknow's Milestone @ Tobacco Manufacturing
Ahmad Irfan
Khan Bahadur Syed Ahmad Husain Rizvi, M.B.E., K.B., M.L.C., son of Mir Syed Dildar Husain Rizvi, was the pioneer of famous 'zarda' betel tobacco Messrs....
