LUCKNOW: Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Associate Professor at Ashoka University, and an acclaimed historian and political scientist, carries a royal legacy rooted in Lucknow, the city of Nawabs ... Fluent in ...

Revisiting Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan, in its restored 4K version, reveals more myth than magic. How do “tawaifs”, nostalgia, ...

To watch the restored Umrao Jaan is to open an old chest stuffed with barely creased clothing and baubles that are still ...

The capital of Uttar Pradesh, India, Lucknow is a city full of history, culture, and delicious food. Unlike the tourist worlds of Delhi or Jaipur, Lucknow has an unmatched mix of heritage, hospitality ...

Book review ‘A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive’: Guide to Lucknow’s queer history Authors Sonal Mithal and Arul Paul also cover the major architectural works ...

LUCKNOW: Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Associate Professor at Ashoka University, and an acclaimed historian and political scientist, carries a royal legacy rooted in Lucknow, the city of Nawabs. The ...

Among the contestants was Haji Murad Ali, a one-armed culinary master popularly called “Tunday,” derived from the Urdu word for "one-armed." Despite his physical challenges, Haji Murad Ali’s skills ...

Originally from Kannauj, his ancestors shifted to Lucknow during the political disturbance under Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula. His family home in the town of Safipur Sharif in the present-day Unnao district of ...

Explore the life and cultural contributions of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, in Lucknow. Learn about his impact on Urdu theatre and societal reforms in the 19th Century.

This shows how Delhi and Lucknow looked to different models of Western fiction. This significantly shaped their literary imagination as they navigated the burgeoning world of Urdu novels.

Probably for the first time, a long-dedicated study by the city-based Himanshu Bajpai and Pragya Sharma will enable this city of Nawabs to get to know the “real Wajid Ali Shah.” ...