A wistfulness pervades Mehru Jaffer’s A Shadow of the Past: A Short Biography of Lucknow like the gentle purvaiya breeze, a gift of the Gomti river, known to inspire many a poet.
Unlike nostalgia, which can turn a narrative into hazy, soft-focus frames, Ms Jaffer’s explorations of memory, recorded history and conversations with friends sharpens images of the past; her yearnings for a city that once was, heighten its colours and textures. A Shadow of the Past bustles with the arrival of trade boats along the banks of the Gomti; it tells of monarchs who rebuild provincial …
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First Published: Tue, June 29 2021. 23:36 IST
