We were the only two people who turned up for the guided walk around old Lucknow. Apart from the mosque and the city gate, and the Bara Imambara, real life goes on in the chowk (market) and the living quarters off the main lane. A maze, which we could never have negotiated on our own, took us to see the original kebab 'restaurant', the kulcha (bread) makers, the house where Gandhi stayed, the stencil cloth printer ( for chikan cloth embroidery) the boys who pan the drains for gold coming from the jewellers. We stopped for tea and to taste the kulcha. No welfare state here; everyone is trying to earn a living.
These are unani medicines in the treatment centre. I could smell fennel and cumin but the rest were ??
These are unani medicines in the treatment centre. I could smell fennel and cumin but the rest were ??
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