DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM. During the Siege of Lucknow, 510 women and children were trapped inside the British compound and had to duck the bullets as best they could. The siege ...

and deconstructs the 1857 siege of Lucknow in this brilliant, funny, moving novel. He rinses the British imperialists for their arrogance and stupidity, but nobody is spared his satire.

Lucknow: The former city president of Samajwadi Party committed suicide in Lucknow on Friday by shooting himself with his licensed revolver. It is believed that Mujibur Rahman (51), alias Bablu ...