Kesaria Balma… Padharo Mare Desh Re – one of the most popular authentic Rajasthani folk songs, opened the sixth evening of the Times Ahmedabad Festival on Thursday. It was an evening dedicated to Ila Arun. But before that six Rajasthani folk artists added spice to the royal Rajasthani flavour with a recital of classic folk […]
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“I would be at my innovative best tonight,” said Choli Ke Peeche-fame Ila Arun, popular Rajasthani folk-pop singer with a unique, husky voice, “as I have prepared an exclusive ‘funky-folk’ item for the Times Ahmedabad Festival.” Jaipur-based Arun, who is first time to appear at a public event at the city on Thursday, said, “I […]
Continue readingSahitya parishad pays homage to five of its stalwarts
Within two months, five well-known literary stalwarts of Gujarati literature passed away creating a vacuum in the vernacular literary field. In a solemn gesture, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gujarati Sahitya Sabha, Vishwakosh Trust, Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, and Kavilok Trust organized a ‘shraddhanjali’ at Parishad Hall on Tuesday. The programme was a tribute to Priyakant Parikh, a […]
Continue readingThree-fold rise in chronic pulmonary diseases in state
Rise in the number of smokers and density of low socio-economic class population due to urban ‘ghettoisation’ has resulted into three-time rise in chronic pulmonary disease cases in Gujarat, say pulmonary experts. On the eve of the World COPD Day on Wednesday, Ahmedabad Medical Association and Association of Chest Physicians of Gujarat (ACPG) shared their […]
Continue readingUS consulate shuts its door for a week
The US Consulate General in Mumbai will suspend its operations from November 15-21 as it is shifting its base from where it operated since the last 53 years. As part of the relocation, the US Consulate General Mumbai will shift from Lincoln House in Breach Candy and the American Centre in Churchgate to its new […]
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