The World from PRX

Lucknow

Ram Advani in his bookshop, Ram Advani Booksellers. He ran it for more than a half century.
Books
My friend, the bookseller of Lucknow
A surfer showers off on the beach in Cardiff, California.
Lifestyle
I forgot the art of showering in cold water
This is Sahu Cinema Hall, in the center of my hometown, Lucknow, India. I watched hundreds of movies there when I was kid, and it brings back lots of memories for me.
Culture
When I try to belong in America, I long for India — and vice versa
A child sits on a heap of mangos at a fruit wholesale market in Kodur village, about 650 km (404 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.
Lifestyle & Belief
I think it’s too hot to go home to India. But then I think of the mangoes
Reporter Deepak Singh (in blue shirt) shopping on Black Friday 2013.
Business, Economics and Jobs
My first Black Friday reminded me of pilgrimages back home in India
Global Politics
My Failed Calls to Send Ramadan Greetings from Lucknow to Lahore
Arts, Culture & Media
India’s Schoolchildren Connect to their Global Peers