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Here's a wish in my heart, to take a journey back in the days of Nawabs, when Lucknow was Oudh. The time of Dastan Goi, the time when social etiquettes became second nature, the Lucknow which Sharar talks about in this book. Wish I could use much humorous and satirical phrase 'Pahle-aap', after you, seriously and all other elaborate mannerism which are no longer prevalent in our city. The process of evolution has transformed the physical, social, and cultural landscape of Luc...know beyond recognition. The parks in Aminabad have been converted into shopping centres. Qaiserbagh, with its desolate gardens, neglected and near derelict architecture looks more like a ghost town, rather than the former fairyland enclosure.
However this book is slowly taking me to the Awadh as it was... Ah these 700 pages are a tressure! #dontwakemeup #myprecious #Lucknow #Awadh #nawab