India, April 21 -- The story of two legendary brothers, poet Majaz Lakhnavi and freedom fighter Ansar Harvani, began in the early years of the 20th century in Rudauli, a small town in the Agra and Awadh provinces of British India. They were born to a cultured and educated family of landowners, although not overly rich. However, their's was a wealth of the proverbial and largesse of the Ganga-Jamuni 'tehzeeb' (culture) which believed in the togetherness of different religions, besides regard for keeping pace with the changing world through education.

Majaz Lakhnavi was a legendary poet in his lifetime and more so after his tragic death at the age of 44 in 1955. Writing of romance and revolution, his verses are still embedded in the Indian...