OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

Summer holidays may mean globe-trotting tours for many. Priya Adhyaru-Majithia talks to those who prefer to do it ‘hatke se’ by going on field trips, learning Sanskrit and doing social work SHARING RESOURCES A group of eight like-minded mothers from Prahladnagar, Vastrapur and Satellite are running special holiday programmes for underprivileged children under an initiative […]

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Mom’s stories I grew up with…

Famous personalities of the city reveal their favourite childhood tale to Priya Adhyaru-Majithia from the range of wonderful stories their mothers wove for them and how it went on to strengthen the mother-child bond Story without stops : ELA BHATT AND MIHIR BHATT EMINENT SOCIAL worker Ela Bhatt’s stories for her children did not have […]

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Celebrating their womanhood

Priya Adhyaru-Majithia meets some brave young women laari-vali, rickshaw-vali and bike-vali who have created their cosy space defying invisible yet invincible rules of Indian patriarchy In spite of the feminist movement, the gender equations have remained unevenly unequal till the date. However, there are few occupationally atypical women who have ably charted out their own […]

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Amdavad’s first date with New Music concerto

Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, sons Aman Ali and Ayaan Alia and two French ensembles in a concert featured the newly-composed “Ananta Opus-195” on March 3 as a part of the ongoing Bonjour India – Festival of France Highly abstract, magical and intensely complex and yet poignantly touching music was presented by Sarod maestro Amjad […]

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State’s first elite equestrian fair begins in Amdavad

Gujarat’s first 10-day horse fair taking place at Amod – a village near Mahudi – has 700 horses on display. The equestrian beauty pageant is one of the prime attractions at the fair Elitist lifestyle includes riding and rearing a horse. The country’s biggest buyer state of the horses is Gujarat, a state known for […]

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