Singles Mingle Over Parenting Role

A unique club of single parents bonding over parental issues has recently come up in town; it plans to include only 50 entries in 1st year finds Priya Adhyaru-Majithia It may be by choice or circumstance that parents become single. But life in a single parent household can be stressful at times. The challenges they […]

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Sweet-Sour Bond: Relative Values: Rajesh Gandhi And Aastha Gandhi

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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Relative Values: Distinctly Divergent

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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RE-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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Secret to Success

Secret to success

Taking a cue from ‘Dhandha’, PRIYA ADHYARU-MAJITHIA presents success stories of five Gujarati entrepreneurs from across the globe     KALPANA SHAH NAIK, 63 ARCHITECT-TURNED-ENTREPRENEUR BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA : BEING ENTERPRISING Vaniya na dikra dhandho kare pan nokari naa kare (A child from the Baniya tribe will never opt for a job, only business), goes a […]

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