Lucknow Literary Festival
Rendezvous in the City of Nawabs
Lucknow, the city of Nawabs was once the epicenter of the quakes of various literary, cultural and social activities...
The Real Mughlai Cuisine of Mubeen
An Eatery Calling to Old City
Hasani
Mubeen, one of the finest restaurants of the real Mughlai taste, situated in old Lucknow at Akbari Gate - Chowk...
Iftikhar Arif Hussain
A Poet without Boundaries
“duniya badal rahi hai zamane ke sath sath
ab roz roz dekhne wala kahan se laaen"
The poet's story reads from behind ...
Raja Tikait Rai Bahadur
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....
Syed Fakhir Hussein
An Acquaintance of Picasso
Dr. Sehba Ali
Syed Fakhir Hussein, a psycho- therapist and a litterateur is particularly known for the English translatio...
Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’
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 ...
Novelty Talkies
A Nostalgic Tale
Isha Priya Singh
It was the year 1958, a thirteen-year-old girl sat in her apartment's balcony and gazed longingly at the cinema ha...
Bungalow No. 1
Down the Memory lane
Arif Naqvi
After a long gap I had come to my native town, Lucknow, to meet my relatives and friends. Much had changed in the ci...
Magh Mela Tales 2015
Taking of Holy Dip
Sehar Siddiqui
The chants of the saints, the ringing of temple bells, the flames of the Aarti, the fragrance of incense sticks, a...
Cruising among Creatures
Relishing the Natural Beauty
Sehar Siddiqui
As the New Year begins, and we all slowly and steadily learn to write 2015 instead 2014, It's also time ...