When young people in Mehsana’s Sarsav village dream of pursuing a post-graduate degree in the US, their parents don’t have to put at stake their life’s savings or approach a bank for an exorbitant loan. Help is available at the local Shiv temple, through which the entire Diaspora of Sarsav residents in the US takes […]
Continue readingAfter 30 years, kites ignite reunion of 375 families in Raipur
This Uttarayan, nostalgia will descend at Shamla ni Pol in Raipur, as the pol will host a reunion of 650 people who had settled down in western parts of the city during the 1980s. Almost 30 years later, 375 families will meet on Saturday over flying kites and gorging on masalaundhiyu, with the festival serving […]
Continue readingAMC notice to Bengal Home owners, told to stop work
PEOPLE’S VICTORY The residents’ struggle to save United Bengal Home has registered its first major victory. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a notice to owners of the home for illegally bringing down the heritage structure and has asked them to stop work immediately. In an attempt to appease the pol residents who started a […]
Continue readingIn NRG’s memoirs, pols are protagonists
Nostalgia of having spent childhood days in walled city of Ahmedabad is her new muse. Meenal Pandya, an NRG investment consultant-turned-writer, having penned down more than six books on issues that the Indian diaspora face abroad, is currently documenting ‘History of My Pols’ – which she describes is a book where history is interspersed with […]
Continue readingIt's happy birthday on Christmas for these orphaned children
IT professionals Tula and Sanjay Bhartiya, unlike their friends who chose to settle down in foreign lands for better future, had an uncommon goal. Nearly two decades ago, they chose to return to their homeland after a short stint in the US and settled down in a village near Mehsana with a determination to do […]
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