The man who knows how to criticise
TLO finds out more about Professor Sharib Rudaulvi, one of the most important literary critics of today
Writers are a dime a dozen but literary criti...
Attia Hosain: Unplugged
Rakhshanda Jalil reviews Distant Traveller: New and Selected Fiction, the late author's latest publication
Some books cast a long shadow on their aut...
This uncontrollable craving for chaat
Spice up your palate with a round of chaat on an invitation of Shruti Shukla
The cuisine of Lucknow is incomplete without its lip smacking chaat kn...
Feasting and fasting in nawabi ishtyle
Mohsina Mirza drools over the delightful dastarkhwan of Lucknow
In the kitchen of the nawabs, cooks were given total freedom to delight and to surp...
The Importance of Being Lucknow
The political fortune of Lucknow is tied to its prime location in the heart of the lush plains of the fertile Ganga Valley, reports Mehru Jaffer
It i...
No pride but Mujhe chalte jaana hai…
Saira Mujtaba takes a ride in the fast disappearing tanga of Lucknow
He is no sherwani clad Lucknawi poet or writer, dragging on a hukkah, ensconced ...
Malai Makhan
Irresistible to its creamy core
Food is an integral part of the city's tehzeeb sprinkled with that generous dash of nazaakat and nafaasat. The ultr...
Palatial Pride
Divya Suri goes on a tour of the Chattar Manzil, Lucknow's only surviving palace complex
Situated on the right bank of river Gomti, is a historic bui...
RadioCity’s jagmagate radio jockeys
The power of radio is unimaginable as it is able to reach a huge audience instantly and the trick of the trade is to connect with the listener in an i...
How secular was my king…
Padmashri Shovana Narayan first came to Lucknow when she was 12 years old. Here the Delhi based Kathak danseuse wonders how utterly secular and inclus...