Don’t eat, just pray and love

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 […]

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United 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 […]

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City’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 […]

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JAGJIT LEAVES, Gujaratis heartbroken

He wanted to sing ‘Jivan maran che ek’ in city just before he fell ill. ‘Jivan maran che ek, bahu bhagyavant chu, Taari upar maru chu, tethi jivant chu’ (Life and death are synonyms; I am so fortunate that I am dying for you as that makes me immortal). These are the words that Jagjit […]

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Salute to Shakti : Dance all the way to Dubai

Free Overseas Trips Were Most Alluring Prizes Offered This Year. Kathanki Raval, 16, a trained dancer who has been painting the town red with her mean garba moves this Navratri, is all set to fly. She has just an all-expenses paid six-day package to Bangkok for being the best dance performer at a garba event. […]

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