A few entrepreneurs and businessmen from the city whose passion for bikes matches their love for tattoos and combined, their fervour helped them become what they are Bikers and tattoos go together. Considered a mark of toughness and rebellion by some, it is difficult to point out which is the inspiration for the other. Bikers […]
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On Father’s Day, Priya Adhyaru-Majithia features men who accompanied their partners into the labour room to support them and experience the beginning of the journey called fatherhood IT MADE ME TOUGH DEEPAK VERMA, 31, Filmmaker CHILD: Noor BIRTH: June 4, 2013 TIME: 11.15 am Paldi residents Deepak Verma and his wife Neha Chora, 28 — […]
Continue readingALL FOR LOVE OF GUJARATI
For past 20 years, NRG Jagdish Vyas has been using creative tools to preserve Gujarati language in the hearts and homes of Indian Americans. The 65-year-old recently shifted to Ahmedabad with the same mission. » Tej, 8, and Rishi, 6 – children of secondgeneration Indian-American Pritesh Vyas, an IT professional from Philadelphia — recite Asatyo […]
Continue readingMom’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 […]
Continue readingWalk Through the Walled City
Pol Ni Khadki E Thee, a 14-chapter narrative by Priya Adhyaru-Majithia and Parthivi Adhyaru-Shah documents life in the pol from pre-independence period to 2002 How did the walled city look like while it was under curfew? The word curfew conjures up images of fear, dark nights, eerie silence, chaos and anxious minds of the older […]
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