Authors gifted with creative dexterity and journalists having an awe-inspiring way with words are no strangers to Lucknow, and their works remain an active part of our collective memory. Abdul Nafay Kidwai, whose life was cut short by a debilitating disease eleven years ago, was one of the most prominent Urdu journalists that Lucknow produced in the last three decades. His politically incisive analysis, infused with cultural sensitivity, surfaced in his writings, making him a familiar name across the country in several Urdu magazines and newspapers. He became an essential chronicler of the city’s political, social, literary, cultural, and journalistic life.

He was a towering name—a writer, editor, and chronicler whose words gave voice to truth and culture alike. He battled with the neurod

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