The relationship between Rajesh and Aastha has various facets: father-daughter, mentor-tutor, and even business rivals observes Priya Adhyaru-Majithia. Traditionalist Rajesh Gandhi of ice-cream manufacturing giant, Vadilal, and trendy Aastha Gandhi, both match and mismatch like their sweet ice-creams and sour gelatos. They share a unique relationship, that of being a father-daughter who are also business […]
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ELA BHATT AND MIHIR BHATT reveal to Priya Adhyaru-Majithia how distinctly divergent they are. Poles apart in thoughts, work and temperament, renowned social activist Ela Bhatt and her son Mihir, a disaster management expert, share the uniquely unified objective of social uplift. Creation is the focus of Ela Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s […]
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India will celebrate 66 years of freedom and independence means different things to different people. Priya Adhyaru-Majithia asks Amdavadis what it means to them. Hoisting the Tricolour, attending a parade, singing patriotic songs and the national anthem or listening to the annual speech by the prime minister and president – that is how many of […]
Continue readingAmdavadi girl does country proud
Meera Bhat, a research scholar at State University of New York, represented Asia at UN’s Global Interactive Dialogue that was webcast live Priya Adhyaru-Majithia An Amdavadi represented Asia at United Nations’ Global Interactive Dialogue at the UN headquarters in New York. Meera Bhat, a research scholar in social sciences at State University of New York, […]
Continue readingRE-IGNITING FRIENDSHIPS IN CYBER SPACE
On Friendship Day Mirror speaks to a few Amdavadis who used technology to renew their bonds of friendship Priya Adhyaru-Majithia A true friend is one soul in two bodies, said famous Greek philosopher Aristotle. But many a time, demands made by a full-fledged career, family life and other commitments, even best of friends drift apart. […]
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