Jewellers to restore a gem in walled city

Here is a partnership that could go a long way in Ahmedabad achieving its dream of becoming India’s first Unesco World Heritage City. Leading jewellers Zaveri & Company have become one of the first business houses in the city to fund the walled city’s restoration. Brothers Bharat and Kishore Zaveri have joined hands with the […]

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NRG councillor from UK ups ante against Dow

Navin Shah Intensifies Campaign In London And Bhopal To Seek Justice An Ahmedabad native and the first Indian in the London Assembly — which holds the mayor of England capital to account —has launched a robust campaign against Dow Chemicals, a sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics. Navin Shah, the NRG seeking justice for the […]

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Old age homes triple in state

AUTUMN RHAPSODY From 67 In 2005, Number Has Risen To 225 Ashok Pandya, 63, walked out of his home with his wife about two years ago to end the constant squabbling with his son. Peace of mind is what he hoped in the autumn of his life and he found it at an old age […]

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NRGs return to spend twilight years at home

They are flying home after four decades. Many NRGs, after spending most part of their life in the US, are flying back to Gujarat, to spend their twilight years in their motherland. The return to the motherland is often backed by emotional and spiritual forces and connections that many of them miss abroad. “Desire to […]

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Drug-addict in Mum, vocalist in France

“Life is indeed an accident,” says musician Joseph Manuel Roacha, 68, also known as ‘Slow Joe’. “I was severely addicted to drugs. And today I am severely addicted to music. The change from drugs to music has happened quite accidently,” adds Joseph. A vocalist with a band from France, born and brought up in Mumbai, […]

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