A culture story from Lucknow: During the floods of 2023, a group of young IT professionals used their high-end drones—originally bought for wedding photography—to drop food packets into waterlogged slums. Meanwhile, a langar (community kitchen) from a Sikh Gurudwara set up a stove on a raised concrete block, serving hot khichdi (rice-lentil porridge) to anyone who could wade through the waist-deep water. No one asked for religion, caste, or credit card.
The groom’s father whispered at the mandap (wedding altar): "Log kya kahenge?" (What will people say?) desi mms zone repack
Morning in India is a negotiated truce between the clock and the cosmos. A culture story from Lucknow: During the floods