Lucknow is honoured by 'King of Music'
Naushad Ali ( 25th December 1919 – 5th May 2006) is the name in the Indian Film Industry on whom the entire world feels proud. It is special feeling for the people of Luc...
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...
An Architect Lost in Lucknow
If you have never heard the name of Walter Burley Griffin, the nineteenth-century American architect, you are not the only one. For decades, the city of Nawabs (Lucknow is common...
Unflinching Faith In Gandhian Ideology
Dr. Aniqua Sadia
Nayantara Sahgal, a brilliant novelist and an eminent political columnist was born on May 10, 1927 in Allahabad. She is the second of the three daught...
How Lucknow Graced the World, With Ustad ji
Natalia Hildner
The performing arts are perhaps one of the last pretexts where the width and the depth of our subconscious can unleash themselves without fear of ce...
Writer par excellence...
At 16, Rashid Jahan left the sheltered world of Aligarh and the safe confines of the girl’s school to study at the Isabella Thoburn (IT) College in Lucknow. Here, new intellectual vist...
Cruising in the literary winds
Saira Mujtaba
It is often said in jest about Lucknow, that one finds either a writer or a poet every time one kicks a stone lying in the path. Indeed the air of Lucknow is i...
Monumental Manager
Shamim A. Aarzoo
His interest in preservation of ancient monuments has not waned even at the age of 80. His humble attitude and the zeal to supplement people's knowledge about upkeep of a...
Converts Lyrics into Melody
"Woh Jo Hum Me Tum Me Qaraar Tha Tumhe Yaad Ho Ki Na Yaad Ho,
Wohi Yani Waada Nibaah Ka Tumhe Yaad ho Ki Na Yaad Ho"
Lucknow School of Poetry has special place in the heart o...
At age 98, she appears to be feeble. But her mind is as agile as it was when she first travelled to England as a teenager. Her love for the poor, the sick and the infirm hasn't waned a bit. Nor has her interest...
