Diwali turns home makers into home traders

Manisha Patel’s small kitchen has turned into a small-scale factory making mouth-licking mathiyas, chaulafali and kachoris. She is working overtime to meet the rising demand as the countdown for Diwali festival has begun. And Patel is not alone. Diwali pre-festival fervour has pushed many industrious Amdabadi women to turn into home traders from home makers […]

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Seniors seek thrill at festive camps

For Radhika Parikh, 65, celebrating Diwali once meant cladding a silk sari and serving delicacies to greet guests. Today, Diwali for her means go bag packing to explore untouched spots in Northern India and take a plunge into nature to renew her zeal for life. Parikh, who went camping last Diwali, is going to spend […]

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Many Amdavadis to do Hrithik this Diwali

Inspired by the exploits of Hritik Roshan and his friends in ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’, Pravin Shah, a city-based businessman, has packed his bags for Spain for a week during Diwali. “I have already visited Far- East and Middle-East destinations, and wanted to explore a new place during Diwali holidays. While watching ZNMD, I was […]

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This festive season, Gujaratis are rocketing overseas

43% to take off on foreign vacations for the first-time in 2011 Dipen Lathia, 46, middle class textile technician is all set to take off to Singapore. His eight-year-old daughter Diya is excited to explore foreign land for the first time. “This year my long time dream of going abroad has finally come true thanks […]

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When Dhrupad singing took a new pattern

A vocal quartet (two male voices accompanied by two female voices) presenting Dhrupad singing was a new pattern presented at the AIAF special classical music concerts on Sunday at Grand Cambay and at Amit Ambalal’s Haveli. Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha opened the concert with raga Amrit Varshini heralding the beginnings of the soon-to-approach New Year […]

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