Sitar snaps strings with the mortal world

A special programme for sitar maestro will be held in the city Global ambassador of Hindustani classical music, Pt Ravi Shankar, passed away in San Diego, California early Wednesday at the age of 92. He was under treatment for breathing difficulties since December 6 at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He is survived […]

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His novels brought youths back to fiction

Literary fraternity mourns death of Popular novelist Ashwini Bhatt, who passed away at 76 Ashwini Bhatt, one of the best known novelists of the Gujarati language, died in the US on Monday. He was 76. Bhatt is survived by his wife and son Neel. Bhatt was born and brought up in Ahmedabad but he migrated […]

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Amdavadis ramp up lifestyle

Ahmedabad has a fresh energy and is finally warming up to adopting a contemporarily lavish and celebratory lifestyle. — Francesca Russo, Italian lifestyle expert, believes the city is among the most happening in India “Ahmedabad has a fresh energy and is finally warming up to adopting a contemporarily lavish and celebratory lifestyle,” says Italian lifestyle […]

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Peak within popular culture of Jaisalmer, Varanasi and Florence

Two Ahmedabadi artists to launch an aesthetic exhibition and book on various hues of these three cities in Ahmedabad today Three-dimensional art-painting installations, unique use of powder and cloth colours, carpets and statues – an extraordinary effort to explore three cities, Jaisalmer, Varanasi and Florence, and their popular culture, viewed through the lens and canvas […]

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Kai Po Che calls it a wrap in Amdavad

It is the first Bollywood film to be shot in the walled city area of Ahmedabad in the backdrop of Uttarayan Scorching heat, generous and kind people, gorgeous temples, masjids and havelis of the walled city and the ingenious architecture of pols – these are some of the phrases Kai Po Che film director Abhishek […]

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