What is the message that Brinda Suri wants to give to the readers through "an
outstanding testimony of the difference a single man can make when he lives his
dream"?
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The Awadh dynasty traced its lineage back to Neyshabur north-eastern Persia (Iran). The nawabs of Awadh were a feisty and arty lot who, during their reign, seamlessly wove Persian sensibilities into the local milieu: the Persian language flowered; buildings were commissioned; poetry, music and dance resounded; able jurists, architects, scholars and not to forget shahi khansamas (royal chefs) visited regularly. It’s this history I’m exploring in this conducted walk through Lucknow’s Qaiserbagh. The heritage district is almost an open-air museum, unravelling splendid structures and delicious stories at every step. The spirited team of Itihaas, led by raconteur Smita Vats is taking us around and magically bringing alive the past with music, visuals and even fragrances. A little attar is dabbed on our wrists. The scent is unmistakably gulab. “It’s not just any fragrance,” says Vats, “this was Nawab Wajid Ali Shah’s favourite. The nawabs freely borrowed architectural genres, giving birth to the Awadh style. Chhattar Manzil on the banks of the Gomti has an astutely designed ‘taikhana’ (basement) that was used in the searing summer.
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