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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NRG pines for Guj school his mom built

UnfinishedbusinesswithGujarat troubles NRG Neville J Roach — who currently chairs a large number of high-profile organizations such as the Australia India Business Council. He has a poignant agenda on his list. He desires to return to his roots and re-connect with a small school, St Mary’s in Rajkot, which his mother set up in 1955. […]

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Making of Sultan in Morbi – journey from Bhilvas to Buckingham Palace

With legendary Sarangi Nawaz Sultan Khan’s demise, the world lost a creator of intriguingly pathos evoking melodies, however his disciple Dr Kashyap Dave, anaesthesiologist who learnt Sarangi from Khan last 25 years and is in close association with him since 1960, lost a father-figure and mentor. Sharing his precious memories of past decades, Dave said, […]

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Sarangi Nawaz Sultan Khan’s death strikes painful chord

Sarangi Legend’s Career Began In Morbi; Saptak ’12 To Be Dedicated To Him Sarangi icon Sultan Khan – whose pathosdrenched playing in ‘Dil cheez kya hai’ sensitized India to the instrument’s pensive brilliance – has died at the age of 73. Khan’s genius has illuminated a range of platforms, from Hollywood (Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’) to […]

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