Forget Me Not KA Abbas: A Man for all Seasons
Dr. Zoya Zaidi, MD introduces The Lucknow Observer to the entire oeuvre of the inimitable Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
This year marks 100 years of the tragi...
Thumri makes Radha a complete nayika
By Kumud Diwan, thumri exponent par excellence writes about the extreme beauty of her art
The way a thumri is able to embellish love between Radha ...
Gorgeous Ghararas of Lucknow
Nishita Banerjee on the making of a chattapati gharara
Lucknow has been a hub of high culture and tradition for long. Amongst other traditions, the...
Yashpal: A Woman’s Best Friend
Anand looks back on Yashpal's Divya, Hindi's first feminist novel
Divya, is a Hindi novel by Yashpal. It is set in 1st century AD when there was a ...
Lucknow in Bollywood
Ye Kya Jagah Hai Dosto’n...
Arjun Kapoor was just another Juhu boy when he was picked up for the lead role in Ishaqzaade to play a UP chhokra. Ho...
Lest we forget Mustakeem of Muzaffarnagar
Mustakeem 28, was at home in Fugana with his 26 year old wife and elderly, sick mother on the night of 8 September, 2013 when Muslim homes were attack...
The Prince of Print
Munshi Newal Kishore is often called the William Caxton of Lucknow after the English businessman who first introduced a printing press in England in t...
Ganga Snan Mela
A reflection of Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb
On the day of Kartik Purnima, hundreds of devotees prepare to take the holy dip in the Ganges, but for more than...
Go ganjing…
The people of Lucknow love ganjing, a term used to describe leisurely, aimless ambling in the wide lanes and by-lanes of Hazratganj. This is the city'...
A jewel in the heart of the city
Safed Baradari
The Qaiserbagh palace complex comprises many grand monuments of Lucknow. Situated in the heart of the city, one such elegant buildin...