Lakshmi Sahgal tells of her political upbringing and induction in the Rani Jhansi Regiment of the Indian National Army, active during the period 1943-1946, the only all-woman regiment in modern...

For age 4-8, in A-4 size. Remember all the raja-maharaja tales from your childhood? This is a new one, with a twist! A warm and humorous story that will delight...

A Word Thrice Uttered: Stories on Life’s Realities is a collection of short stories portraying the diverse realities of life through the protagonists – children, women, men, animals, even supernaturals....

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This book goes beyond Lucknow - deep into its hinterland to the qasbas of Awadh. Suburbun settlements at some distance from the city, many qasbas predate urban centres. Evolving as...

The title of the book is suggestive—Awadh from late eighteenth century to early twentieth century was an interlude. Lucknow was a nondescript city before Asaf-ud-Daula made it his capital, leaving...

Who or what created the universe? What is the origin of life on Earth, including Man? What is a soul? These perplexing questions have ever been the biggest mysteries which...

The book is Qurratulain Hyder's last, most enigmatic and daring of her novels. It spans the period from the partition to the time of the Mandir-Masjid dispute in Ayodhya in...

Chikankari is one of the finest traditional embroideries of India, a symbol of Lucknawi culture and elegant courts of the Nawabs of Awadh. Chikankari appeared in Lucknow in the late...

This biography of the first Indian woman to be principal of a Christian college in India was co-written by Nina David, professor and H.O.D Western History, University of Lucknow and...

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Feminists of Avadh is a collection of inspiring lives with which one can easily connect. This compilation has introductions to some women who in their own way lived extraordinary lives....

This volume, based on a wide range of Urdu sources, highlights the pluralism and multiculturalism of qasbas in colonial Awadh. Drawing on the family history of the Kidwais of Bara...

This book is a collection of essays and translations of the history of the Deccan and Awadh for the period 1193-1976. The essays cover a wide range of topics which...

Investigating the emergence of Hindi publishing in colonial Lucknow, long a stronghold of Urdu and Persian literary culture, Shobna Nijhawan offers a detailed study of literary activities emerging out of...

Hume is one of the greatest of all British philosophers, and even in his own lifetime was celebrated as one of the pivotal figures of the Enlightenment. Hume's 'naturalist' approach...

Husn e karigari e Awadh is a celebration of art, craft and skills, kaarigari, to us has been a rather wide category of research that encompasses skills not just of...

The History of Awadh usually starts from 1775 when Asif-ud-daula shifted his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow and continues till 1856, when Awadh was annexed to the territories of East...

The National Mission for Manuscripts was established in February 2003 by the Ministry of Culture. Its purpose is to locate, document, preserve and disseminate the knowledge content of Indian manuscripts....