US consulate shuts its door for a week

The US Consulate General in Mumbai will suspend its operations from November 15-21 as it is shifting its base from where it operated since the last 53 years. As part of the relocation, the US Consulate General Mumbai will shift from Lincoln House in Breach Candy and the American Centre in Churchgate to its new […]

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Students from US now heading to India

With 1 % decline in Indian students going to the US, a huge 44 % rise noted in arrivals of US students in India American universities may be the best in the world and Indian educational institutions may not even figure in the global top 10. But that hasn’t stopped a surprisingly large number of […]

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Times Ahmedabad Festival gifts city – Electrik Sundae

Percussion pundit Sivamani, jazz legend Louiz Banks, & ‘zitar’ prodigy Niladri Kumar fuse genius with joy at Times Ahmedabad Festival The captivating tunes of ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ — one of Gandhiji’s favourite bhajans — zapped the large audience at Times Ahmedabad Festival’s Asia Electrik performance on Sunday evening at the Vastrapur Amphitheatre. Asia Electrik […]

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Asia Electrik promise to gift city a surprise

Chaiya Chaiya-fame Chennai based percussion pundit Sivamani, who has been drumming since the age of 7, is to set the city on fire with his ‘Asia Electrik’ mates ‘Zitar’ legend Nilathri Kumar and jazz king Louiz Banks. “We are all set to surprise city with fresh fusion notes especially composed for the Times Ahmedabad Festival,” […]

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Women share joy and pain of writing

Creative writing is born out of excruciating pain for some, while for others creation itself is simply celebration and pleasure. At the two-day national meet of women writers in Ahmedabad, experts and authors discussed enriching varieties of textures of women’s writings and paradoxes of processes that prompt women in to pursuing writings. The meet organised […]

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