Lucknow's landscape of crumbling palatial buildings and gardens, inspired by nawabi fantasies and British nostalgia now includes monuments like the Parivartan Chowk and Ambedkar park but for many, Ram Advani's bookshop, tucked away in a corner of Hazrat Ganj has always been the most important jewel in the city's crown since it opened in 1948.
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