Parents Spend Huge Amounts On Special Themes & Menus Today, young kids are fully wrapped up in stardust feel on their birthdays as their parents willingly turn into Santas throwing lavish bashes to make their evenings memorable! And forget a few thousands, such parties’ budget nowa-days cross a few lakhs of rupees. When Ryan Jagnani […]
Continue readingGujarati Sahitya Parishad Tributes Gurudev Tagore
Gujarat Sahitya Parishad To Host India’s Longest Rabindra Mahotsav Veteran writer Ravindranath Tagore shared a special connection with Ahmedabad and Gujarati Sahitya Parishad — the mediator of the bond was none other but Mahatma Gandhi. Respecting exclusive invitation by Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore had graced a 3-day Sahitya Parishad conference in Ahmedabad in 1920. To relive […]
Continue readingConservationists involve young minds, upgrade techniques
In a progressive leap towards the journey of achieving the Unesco World Heritage City label, city’s heritage conservationists have combined strengths. Kruta Foundation, City Heritage centre and CEPT have join hands to map the havelis and pol structures of walled city. The idea is to conduct a detailed scanning and survey of walled city’s listed […]
Continue readingYuva Gaurav prize to 30-yr-old poet
He has barely crossed 30 and has already contributed thirty works in Gujarati literature. Ankit Trivedi, who is instrumental in altering the identity of a Gujarati poet from a solemn philosopher to a progressive thinker, was conferred this year’s Yuva Gaurav Puraskar 2011-12 on Thursday. Gujarat Sahitya Academy, Gandhinagar and Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities […]
Continue readingFrench and Indian musical notes to merge
French artists and Carnatic musicians to play novel notes Imagine hearing Carnatic-styled vocal recital of Sanskrit shloka Shantakaram Bhajagshayanam Padmanabham Suresham – in a musical backdrop created with amalgamation of sounds of bass, lead guitar, soprano saxophone and drum. And can you visualize artists performing Kathak and Bharat Natyam on these tunes accompanied by flute, […]
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