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  1. A Letter from an American Missionary in India - 1944

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... put in the remaining years that are left before I am retired from active ranks. It is my hope to sail with my daughter, Mrs. Arthur Howard, whose husband is now in India at the Lucknow Christian College. ... Monday, 11 February 2019
  2. My Medical Schooling in the 1960s

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... and minimum age was 17. Sounded good to me, as Lucknow Medical College and Grant Medical College in Bombay required a grueling Premed Test for admission. I was 17 years old and wanted to do some fun ... Tuesday, 27 March 2018
  3. The Allahabad and its people that I remember

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... were in Lucknow together. He was the editor of National Herald and my husband was posted as an accountant of the Imperial Bank branch at Hazratganj. Most of the evenings we used to meet at Kwality at ... Wednesday, 28 February 2018
  4. My College Days Memories—Sweet &Sour, Cardinal leaving their Ghosla in New Delhi going to Blue Jay Ghosla at Johns Hopkins Univ.

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... and Bhaskar Rao have come to Corning, NY where we live, with their beautiful wives. At Benco, engineering students were exposed to industry through tours to Lucknow, Calcutta, Bombay, Bangalore and Madras, ... Wednesday, 08 November 2017
  5. Memories of youthful days in pre-Independence Punjab

    Category: Stories/Stories About Women

    ... and my brother Indarjit. The family felt that Indarjit needed to get a good English education so his schooling was done at La Martinere in Lucknow. Indarjit remained with them till he finished his schooling. ... Saturday, 26 August 2017
  6. My paternal grandparents and family

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... children: Jagdish, Kaushalya, Shakuntala (kunto) Savitri, Shanta and Swaraj were her children. She died on 11 May 1923 from pneumonia. Uncle Birbal and Aunty Savitri lived in Lucknow. Birbal was a famous ... Sunday, 20 August 2017
  7. The Rise and Fall of the Princely State of Alwar

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... later in Lucknow - she was the ex-maharani of Datia then. She told me how well enshrined the memories of that day were, in her mind and heart). It was a great funeral the like of which was not given to ... Sunday, 16 April 2017
  8. My Grandfather, an Eminent Professor, and His Three Illustrious Sons

    Category: Stories/Stories About Men

    ... than his son had. Nevertheless, Charu went on to become the Principal of Shia College, Lucknow, purely on his mathematical prowess and administrative ability. Prof. Sarkar's youngest son, Sudhir Chandra ... Thursday, 02 July 2015
  9. Science and Cricket at Agra College

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... played. In the North Zone, we defeated Lucknow and Aligarh universities to reach the semi-final against Delhi University. Against Delhi, we took a sizeable lead in the first innings. But, the Delhi team ... Monday, 29 June 2015
  10. Listening to Western Pop in 1960s

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... writers, including the 2013 Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro into Hindi. He divides his time between Montreal, Canada and Lucknow, India. Not many people listened to western pop music in the 950s ... Monday, 10 November 2014
  11. The King of Rock n Roll

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... writers, including the 2013 Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro into Hindi. He divides his time between Montreal, Canada and Lucknow, India. The King of Rock n Roll was a swarthy teenager who couldn’t ... Friday, 10 October 2014
  12. The Ghost – in Lucknow

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... writers, including the 2013 Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro into Hindi. He divides his time between Montreal, Canada and Lucknow, India. The Ghostwas a newspaper that I wrote, published and circulated. ... Tuesday, 12 August 2014
  13. My Dagger and I

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... kids crying in front of them, and parents telling them," We will come again." It was one summer day when I visited the fair with my father. Mom was away to visit my aunt in Lucknow. From afar, a certain ... Thursday, 05 June 2014
  14. Irwin Hospital, New Delhi 1965

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... us. The slim, handsome man with a full head of hair had just finished his Master's degree in surgery from Lucknow, and spoke the chaste Urdu of that city. He was a sort of king on Fridays, when for twenty-four ... Friday, 14 March 2014
  15. My in-laws’ post-Partition travails and resilience

    Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950

    ... illegally booby-trapping the vacant Muslim properties without informing the public or putting any sign of "Danger" on the properties. The Medical Associations of Mussoorie, U.P., Kanpur, Lucknow and Delhi ... Saturday, 01 March 2014
  16. My Early Memories of Indian Railways

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... where weekly village markets used to fill on a particular day of the week. One such place was Phaphamau, located on the rail route towards Lucknow, with weekly markets being held on Sundays and Thursdays. ... Thursday, 29 August 2013
  17. Memories of Assam: 1940s-1960s

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... Its condition was not very good. But as luck would have it, I had seen an advert in the Statesman that the Lucknow Flying Club were looking for Piper Cubs in any condition. I made contact with them and ... Saturday, 10 November 2012
  18. A Tribute to Shri A.J. Zaidi

    Category: Stories/Stories About Men

    ... for Shri Zaidi. I discovered in Shri Zaidi a thorough gentleman steeped in the composite culture of Awadhi Lucknow. He was soon able to gather around him many talented persons among the recently arrived ... Saturday, 22 September 2012
  19. Lucknow Pact between Congress and Muslim League 1916

    Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950

    Editor’s Note: The Lucknow Pact was an agreement between the Indian National Congress, led by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and the All-India Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The agreement was adopted ... Saturday, 22 September 2012
  20. My Discovery of India -1

    Category: Stories/Life Back Then

    ... a good mimic and an excellent storyteller. Husaini belonged to Lucknow, a Syed, shy and serious. He was the son of a well-known Urdu writer. He was lean, tall, scrupulous, and a puritan, a devout Muslim, ... Friday, 25 May 2012
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