tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post522558368008635400..comments2023-12-08T03:56:59.376-05:00Comments on An Aesthete's Lament: Home Away From HomeAn Aesthete's Lamenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-64480585442029827942011-10-03T10:39:02.100-04:002011-10-03T10:39:02.100-04:00I've missed you so...More India, please!I've missed you so...More India, please!Rebecca Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665566042986522301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-29361223370861345032011-09-19T01:08:29.431-04:002011-09-19T01:08:29.431-04:00Boats throughout the ages...splendide!
http://www....Boats throughout the ages...splendide!<br />http://www.decamille.com/yacht-party/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825904680235892051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-79713434211373116742011-09-05T11:26:57.565-04:002011-09-05T11:26:57.565-04:00There are many wonderful books about Lucknow but m...There are many wonderful books about Lucknow but my favourite is the copiously illustrated 'Lucknow, City of Illusions' by Rosie Llewelyn-Jones. I was in Lucknow for a month last year, staying in a surviving part of the Kaiserbagh Palace. Here is a link to the book<br />http://www.amazon.com/Lucknow-City-Illusion-Rosie-Llewellyn-Jones/dp/3791331302Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814001014894382155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-21772420093308420112011-09-05T11:23:59.085-04:002011-09-05T11:23:59.085-04:00I was in Lucknow for a month last year. It's n...I was in Lucknow for a month last year. It's now possible to stay in a surviving part of Wajid Ali Shah's great palace the Kaiserbagh. There is a wonderful copiously illustrated book on Lucknow by Rosie Llewelyn-Jones.<br /><br /><br /> http://www.amazon.com/Lucknow-City-Illusion-Rosie-Llewellyn-Jones/dp/3791331302Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814001014894382155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-12456988928153223112011-09-05T08:27:03.151-04:002011-09-05T08:27:03.151-04:00Intrigued by the cock fighting piece- my husband i...Intrigued by the cock fighting piece- my husband is a poultry fancier, i.e. we raise all sorts of chickens including Modern Game from time to time. Home Away From Home was fascinating....but I can't tear myself away from British Colonial Africa. Hoping you will observe that era one of these days.Mary Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174256499345575433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-11688806089747572522011-09-04T09:01:37.892-04:002011-09-04T09:01:37.892-04:00A delightful, brilliantly written piece, and a rem...A delightful, brilliantly written piece, and a reminder of the many influences the Europeans had during the British empire's rule in post-Mughal India.Bylinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133840420097731928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-92120969389480380922011-09-04T08:39:03.362-04:002011-09-04T08:39:03.362-04:00Fantastic!Fantastic!John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-21191698813666113202011-09-04T08:08:59.210-04:002011-09-04T08:08:59.210-04:00I shall order it straightaway!I shall order it straightaway!An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-80369650310717906752011-09-04T06:08:52.188-04:002011-09-04T06:08:52.188-04:00You might be interested in _Lucknow: The Last Pha...You might be interested in _Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture_, by Abdulhalim Sharar. The author grew up among the remnants of Lakhnavi culture. He divided the book into sections on dress, cuisine, bird-fighting, kite-flying -- you name it. I like to let it fall open by itself, and read at random about the last days of Avadh (Oudh).Ramesh Gandhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448755601343354802noreply@blogger.com