‘Laagi Ram bhajan ni lagani, ke Ramna… ke Ramna thayi gayi che rag rag ni re bhu…‘ This song marked the entrance Gujarati Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh in the playback singing world. It ‘was accompanied by a film producer and composer Suresh Amin and composer Ajit Merchant gave Jagjit Singh, this is the first break [...]
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The highly anticipated Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, Part II is now open for a few multiplexes in Ahmedabad. This is a clear sign that the distributors and owners of multiplexes have repaired or ask questions in a single shock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the last film in the series, was [...]
Gujaratis preference “for an English education is not higher. Way back in the 1840s the city had only one English-language school run by Christian missionaries in the enclosure near Dutch Teen Darwaja called English School Ahmedabad. An account in the book ‘Amdavad no Itihaas’ by Maganlal Vakhatchand Sheth, published in 1850, has a history that [...]
Walking along the top of the Bhadra Fort to watch the world go by, or jaywalking former Sultan’s darbar will soon be a reality, thanks to the research project, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). In the coming weeks, First installment of Rs 24.39 crore for the restoration project [...]
The rich history of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will now be told in an account that examines the development of the institution, the “software” and culture. A professor in economics and accounting at the IIM-A, TT Ram Mohan, wrote “‘Brick by Red Brick: Ravi Matthai and the Making of IIM Ahmedabad’. The book [...]
Ahmedabad: artists love by the boards of coffee and tea is not new. MF Husain was no different, especially when visiting a city like Ahmedabad, and is surrounded by stands of tea, or “kitlees” as they are called locally. If Gregory David Roberts, who wrote the bestseller “Shantaram“, spent much of his time at Leopold [...]
Maqbool Fida Husain, who greeted the Picasso of India but was forced to live in exile in their own country because of death threats from radical Hindus, died in London on Thursday. He was 95 Husain was in difficulty of the problems related to age for a while and breathed his last in a London [...]
Winner of the Nobel Prize poet, writer and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary falls on Saturday. Interestingly, Tagore, who was also a dancer and the reputation of a painter, shared an interesting link in the city of Ahmedabad. Tagore visited Ahmedabad in 1878 at age 17 during the day, was the elder brother of [...]
Kankaria lake is to present the culture, history and unparalleled business acumen Gujarat – all on a wall chart over a kilometer. Set to be ready in May next year, wall painting in progress along the wall of the mound to offer views of Lake Gujarat Amdavadis history, attractions, and even create historical movements such [...]
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