Amitabh Bachchan’s romance in Baghban gave this fast new identity and almost every television serial has an episode dedicated to this fast showcasing the love and dedication of wives for their husbands. No wonder then, hordes of young women in Gujarat will join Karvachauth festivities on Saturday where women fast the entire day for the […]
Continue readingUnited effort to celebrate Tagore’s birth anniv in A’bad
To celebrate 150-year birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust, and Ravindra Bhavan has organized a mega two-day event on Friday and Saturday. A musical evening of Rabindra Sangeet will be held on Friday at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, while a seminar ‘My Tagore; Why Tagore’ would be held on Saturday […]
Continue readingCity to get Big B’s marble statue
Members of Amitabh Bachchan Fans Club in the city celebrated the legendary actor’s 69 th birthday with great pomp and show, complete with cake-cutting ceremony and aarti which was followed by a fun-dance session on Tuesday. Gabhaji Thakore, founder of Bachchan’s mandir near Gandhigram railway station where the Big B’s birthday is being celebrated for […]
Continue readingCity’s glitterati pay final tribute to ghazal maestro
Noted names from Gujarat’s art and music fraternity from town went to Mumbai to pay their last respects to ghazal legend Jagjit Singh at his funeral held on Tuesday. And somber mood continued in the city as many of the citizens silently prayed for the artist from their homes. Noted poet Tushar Shukla, musicians Saumil […]
Continue readingHis voice was panacea for pained souls
Mehul Parekh, 52, has never missed a single Jagjit Singh concert ever since he first got an opportunity to hear him live in 1975! On hearing about the demise of his favourite singer, the first thing Parekh did was to plan a concert where he and his friends would play their favourite Jagjit songs to […]
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