Month: December 2011

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

NRG brides say no to BAR

Many come to Gujarat seeking teetotaller grooms, undergo tough trials Classic Match marriage bureau in city has received about 200 applications from NRG girls prior to this marriage season and 50 % of these girls want vegetarian teetotaller grooms. Falguni Mehta marriage bureau in Mumbai which specialises on NRG weddings has got about 350 applications […]

NRG returning to native land to pursue creative passions

Home bound Global Gujarati Besides personal, social and professional connections that generally compel NRGs to relocate to their home town, there is another reason which now-a-days are making them head for home. It is the intense yearning for pursuing creative projects like writing a book, participating in poetry exchange sessions and making a music album! […]