LU Chronicles
India’s Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling in the long-running 2020 Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case, refusing bail to two prominent student activists, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, while granting conditional bail to five other accused individuals. This decision sparked intense debate nationwide and internationally. The judgment has reopened fundamental […]
From Spanish folklore to Indian bedrooms, a handful of grapes tell a story of desire, imitation as well as the quiet hierarchies that travel with culture. A week before the new year, grapes begin to appear under tables. Not on fruit platters or as offerings, but as rituals –filmed carefully, […]
In today’s era, when higher education is often defined by global benchmarks and technological prowess, there is a growing conversation around the need to preserve and integrate India’s own intellectual traditions within modern academic frameworks. In recent years, Indian higher education has witnessed a renewed interest in the country’s own […]
Lucknow University was not my first choice, and I arrived in the campus with mixed feelings and quiet doubts. Yet, with time, this campus has become more than just a place where I attend classes or prepare for examinations. It has slowly turned into a space where I am discovering […]
A common theme one can notice in the poetry written during the restoration period is satire. While in today’s world, one may scrunch up their nose in distaste when satire is used, in the mid 17th century, it was a landmark poetic device, mostly popularized by a poet named John […]
Dear readers, Six months is not a lifetime. It is barely a season and a half. It lacks the symmetry of a year or the gravitas of an anniversary cast in bronze. And yet, in the life of a publication, particularly one built on borrowed time, student resolve, and a […]
In a democracy, one of the most fundamental things a citizen like you or mecan do is ask questions. Not just plain questions but the right questions.Questions that hit hard, questions that deconstruct the matter we’re talkingabout, questions that force people to answer, in one way or another.How does one […]
When Visualization Turns Into Illusion Scroll through Instagram or Pinterest at the start of any new year and you’ll see it everywhere: perfectly curated vision boards. Soft beige backgrounds, luxury cars cut out from magazines, dream houses with huge windows, quotes in cursive fonts saying “This is my year” or […]
It is the 2nd of January already. Just like that- 2025 is behind us. Somewhere between internal assessment stress and end-semester exhaustion, the year slipped by. Before we move forward, it is worth asking: What did Lucknow University actually see in 2025? A Syllabus That Forgot to Age While studying […]
The Unnao rape case was never merely another case being. tried in an Indian court. It has become the moment of truth for the Indian conscience, and the unpleasant questions that the country is compelled to confront is this: Do our daughters matter only when we say so, and […]
In a democratic state, there can never be ownership of power; it can only be delegated. It moves from citizens to institutions and leaders as a temporarily delegated right, not according to their will but for the interests of the people at large. The recent incident of Nitish Kumar pulling […]
Delhi NCR – 400+ AQI Uttar Pradesh – 390+ AQI Gujarat – 170+ AQI Rajasthan – 200+ AQI (Don’t get confused why I gave this Air Quality Index data here. You will know soon.) So, These are the few air quality indices of a few states of India, and till now, if […]
Jolly LLB 3 once again shows that while Indian cinema is capable of addressing serious and relevant issues, it often refuses to fully commit to them. The film touched upon themes of justice, power, and systemic failure, but repeatedly weakened its own message by inserting unnecessary clownery. The constant jokes, exaggerated […]
Just like any other educational institution, in 1920, Lucknow University was a dream stitched together by idealists, academicians, and visionaries—those who believed that knowledge could uplift entire generations, democratize opportunity, erase social boundaries, and create thinking youth who would shape the nation and, hopefully, the world. A 105-year-old institution doesn’t […]
When you think of Lucknow University, the first thing you will think of is its architecture; the way it looks pure aesthetic to your camera, the greenery which covers the whole campus. The history of Lucknow University is rich, grand and iconic. Will you, for a moment, think about the professors, the […]
Every year, thousands of Indian students sit before admission forms with trembling anticipation, ranking institutions not merely by convenience, but by hope. These preferences are not bureaucratic entries; they are confessions. They reveal where ambition points when no one is watching. It was while observing these quiet hierarchies of desire […]
You might wake up in the morning and brew a cup of coffee while a Spotify podcast hums in the background. As you step out and slide into a cab, there’s an RJ on the radio narrating a conventional tale. Then, a remembrance ceremony is held at your college to […]
When I first came to Lucknow University, I was quite sure that there would be very little presence of art or cinema. But to my surprise, LU has continued to grow in art and cinema, despite its politically dominated campus and limited interaction with the outside creative world. The university […]
If you ask anyone from Lucknow University whether the University is “good enough,” I’m quite sure that seven out of ten people would say no. Even I can point out dozens of shortcomings. But I can’t deny the simple truth that three months ago, LU was the only option I […]
“Today’s backlash against intellectual life cannot simply be written off as a popular celebration of mindlessness,” wrote Adam Waters and E.J. Dionne Jr. in Dissent. It was true of America in 2019. It is painfully true of India now. Books written in other countries, in other decades, often feel eerily […]
Lucknow University has stood for more than a century – 105 years of stories, footsteps, laughter, ambition, rebellion and countless memories buried within its campus. Every time I walk past the old red building, I can’t help but wonder about the lives it has witnessed: the friendships, the heartbreaks, the […]
When the government wants you to do work but doesn’t provide enough facilities, when the pressure is so high that it forces you to take your life, then, I don’t think it’s just a duty. It is overly intensive labor disguised as duty. There comes a point a system becomes […]
Sometimes we get disappointed when the things that we have planned do not happen the way we imagined. And honestly, that is just human nature. We dream, we hope, we build entire movies in our heads about how life should look and when reality doesn’t match the script, it stings. […]
There is something uniquely beautiful about Lucknow University in the early evening— the long shadows stretching across the Old Campus lawns, the bustle around the Commerce Department, the familiar hum near Gate No. 4, and the way students linger at chai stalls as the day begins to slow. But for […]
Do you know what happens when hell breaks loose on earth?No you might not know because you aren’t living it. But yes hell did break on earth. And it broke on October 7, 2023. The war between Israel and Palestine has taken such turns that now it’s neither a war […]
The protest led by Shivaji Yadav on 22nd November 2025 in the University of Lucknow on the occasion of ‘Neta ji Mulayam Singh Yadav Jayanti’.
In most universities, research begins with a simple spark of curiosity; a question, an observation, a desire to understand the world more deeply. That spark was alive when I found myself speaking with a professor recently. What struck me first was her enthusiasm. She didn’t just talk about research as […]
Walking into the Divya Kala Mela at Lucknow University, I did not expect the campus to feel so alive. The fair was full of colours, crafts, skills and dignity in neat little rows of stalls, each one telling its own story. The first thing that struck me was the warmth. […]
Food is one of the most basic necessities of our lives. It is extremely concerning how the food industry in our country has degraded rapidly in terms of health and hygiene. Just to earn a few extra pennies, these industrialists are willingly to risk the lives of crores and crores […]
When Yesterday’s Ally Turns Into Today’s Enemy In October 2025, the world watched something that felt almost unreal. Pakistani fighter jets struck Kabul. Not a border outpost, not a remote valley, but the capital city ruled by the Afghan Taliban. The same Taliban Pakistan spent decades funding, training, sheltering and […]
On our campus, we all have our little groups if not that than a person with whom we spend most of our time. From entering the campus till the evening. We chit chat about lots of things that include thousands of topics and random gossip. Especially in winter we all […]