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...
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...
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...
Kakul Hai seeks out delightful author Ruskin Bond in his home in the hills
Finding your way to Ruskin Bond is not easy. It is easier to bump into him at the Cambridge Book Shop in Kulri Bazaar, Mussoorie on ...
Who better to talk about young people then Roop Rekha Verma, one of the most inspiring elders in the city. The former vice chancellor of Lucknow University has spent a lifetime surrounded by young people. She e...
Padmashri Kalimullah Khan, mango master introduces TLO to his magic tree in the dussehri mango belt of Malihabad
For Kalimullah Khan his mango tree is his most precious teacher in life. The Khan has been nursi...
Master poet Munawar Rana mulls over Lucknow as it once was
Munawar grew up loving poetry but it took him a while to express his feelings in verse.
When he did take up the pen, it was to move away from the...
Saira Mujtaba chats up Mahmood Farooqui, dastango famous for transporting listeners to the magical world of tilism.
Before there was paper and pen there was the word. And story tellers around the world make ...
Nobody seems to remember Syed Modi anymore. For all those who don't know anything about Modi, it maybe recalled that the 1962 born boy was one of the most brilliant badminton players to be born in the country.
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Just like our very own desi dastango Mahmood Farooqi, Richard Hamilton is trying to rescue the art of oral storytelling by writing a book on story tellers in Morocco. In an exclusive interview with The Lucknow ...
