Lal peda in Lucknow with Farooq Shaikh
Deepti Naval who has played in nearly a dozen films with the late Farooq Shaikh including the 1981 charmer Chashme Baddoor told The Lucknow Observer t...
Why this whey…
The demand for dairy products continues to be high even in urban, and rapidly modernising Lucknow. The result is the establishment of various small sc...
Is arrogance the middle name of AAP?
I am an anarchist, declared Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after leading his ministers and legislators from their respective office in the Secretariat...
Uff! yeh Lucknow ki sadkein…
Lucknow's pehle aap tehzeeb is thrown to the winds by the chaotic traffic in the city. Especially in the old city, in areas like Chowk, Hussainabad, N...
Faiz in Lucknow
As a token of initiation Dhanpat Rai had whispered the gurbani qalma gayatrimantra to Faiz Ahmad Faiz on 10 April, 1936.
The occasion was the first...
Har dehleez pe hai chiraagh…
This year people gave expression to their faith in non-violence by lighting a lamp at their door step exactly at 17.17 hours on 30th January in memory...
On the sweetness of K.P. Saxena’s speech
KP Saxena is no more but his voice lives on. No disease or death can ever silence Saxena's voice as it continues to echo in numerous short stories wri...
Kakori kebabs are a foodie’s delight
Lucknow is called the city of Nawabs and Kebabs!
While the Nawabs and their tales are remembered by a handful, it's the kebabs that have everyone fro...
Chandi ka warq
Lucknow is a place where people have many skills. One such skill is the art of making chandi ka warq. It is not surprising to have confectionary store...
Ram Advani Booksellers is not just a bookshop…
The Hazratganj boulevard starting from Jahangirabad Palace all the way to the intersection linking it to the Vidhan Sabha Road, is a scene of much act...