Recent Posts Tagged With 'urdu books'

• Danish Mahal: An Urdu bookshop in Lucknow

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 15:29 in bookshops, urdu books, lucknow

  Cities change with time and citizens often rue the transformation. The reason is that most of us are nostalgic about our past [childhood] and we like things to remain same.Like most Indian cities, Lucknow is also changing. It has malls, chains of foo...

• At last, Advani gets an Urdu publisher for his autobiography

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 00:07 in urdu books

  At last, LK Advani's autobiography has been published in Urdu. He wanted to appear in print much before the elections.But Advani couldn't get an Urdu publisher then. Most were reluctant to associate themselves with the book. Personally I feel the re...

• Indian Fair: Halwa, Haleem, Biryani and Books

  Posted on Monday December 3rd, 2007 at 14:20 in fair, urdu books

  Across the country wherever I have attended fairs, halwa-paratha is the most ubiquitous sight.If you take urbane friends who haven't been to small towns and seen such fairs, they are quite amused and excited by such shops and the desi delicacies.Seei...