Since I didn't have anyone with me in Lucknow, taking photographs meant pointing and clicking at
anything that looked photogenic to me. Now while I like to think that I know a good photograph when I see it -- since I have had the privilege of working closely with some very good photographers for professional reasons -- I am also down-to-earth enough to understand that there are a million things that go into making the right photograph. And I am far from getting this art right. Anyhow, so I did click, and am posting a few here. For the rest, please click
here.
This is the
Hall of Chandeliers, inside the Chhota Imambara. There might be a better, grander name for this, but well, it was a hall, and of chandeliers at that. So...
Tunde Kababs 
Nazirabad
One of the tombs of Wajid Ali Shah's descendants, this is currently under renovation.
Prakash's Kulfis
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15 reactions:
nice pics.........i can only say that pic of kebabs are making me hungry.............. :(
great photographs! hmm....parallel career!
Can I have one of those tunde kebabs please?[:(]
Ahem...chandeliers hall! Seems like a good idea!
:D
beautiful pics..capturing the real lucknawii life all the way.. :)
and here i m going down the memory lane :)
"another summer day has come and gone away,
in paris and rome but I wanna go home,
mmm.. wanna go home....
maybe surrounded by a million people,
i still feel all alone...i just wanna go home"
(song: michael bubbles)
oye...nice pics!! :)
par mujhe bhi ghoomna hai! :((
:D
yummy tunde kabab but why its "tunde kabab "
well i m lil curious abt the nomanclature :P
lovely pictures.. ive a few friends in Lucknow, and always wanted to visit the place.. but could not. But this is good for an imaginary visit :-)
woww...lucknow looks inviting! pretty interesting blog u have here...just skimmed thru the lucknow post right now...but will bookmark for reading all of this at leisure later... :)
@ Deeps and Minerva
Thank you. So tunde kababs it is... Lucknow chalein?
@ Rohit
:D You bet it is.
@ Mayuri
Thanks. Coming from a Lucknowite like you, I am truly thrilled. And that sounds like a great song.
@ BASTM
Agli baar tu bhi chaliyo.
@ Chitrangada
Hmm...food for thought. Let me try and dig out that information.
@ Kandykane
Thanks for dropping by here. And hope you enjoyed your imaginary visit. :)
@ Karan - the one who just emailed me.
Lucknow is maha interesting. And yeah, will wait for your feeback once the leisure reading is over.
Tunde, in Colloquial hindi means "person with one hand." The person who invented the recipe had only one hand, hence 'Tunde Kebab.'
Best regards from NY!
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great pics... of the good food! India is heaven on earth for all the foodies...like me!
Nice Photographs......I can still remember the days when I along with my sisters and Mother will go to Nazirabad for buying Bangles on Eid's eve.......
Missing you Lucknow terribly....
@ Anonymous
Really? Thanks for the info.
There are actually a million theories behind this.
@ Anonymous
Best regards to you too!
@ Anonymous
I hope you visit India often enough. :)
@ Khalik Jibran
Thank you so much. So where are you based right now?
Hey Saya,
I have a friend who has roots in Lucknow. As I am a die hard foodie, happened to ask him about the delicacy of Lucknow and he said "tunde kabab". He said that it is a very famour dish in Lucknow and a shop (name not known) is famous for Tunde Kababs. Not able to hold my saliva, I Googled "tunde kababs" out and Lo and Behold, there was your Blog. Frankly speaking, after seeing your blog, I either want to fly down to Lucknow to have tunde kababs or ask some one to parcel it for me. I know the latter won't work. I live in far off Bangalore but my heart lies in tunde kababs and nawab ka khana.
I don't know when would I be able to eat tunde kababs but your blog has given a taste of it.
thanks...
lots of love,
Rajesh Barde
rajesh_barde@rediffmail.com
mobile:9886092399
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