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The LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community celebrates October 11 as National Coming Out Day. Corporates (especially multi-nationals), mark the day with seminars and workshops, where counselors advise you on how you can come out of the closet and tell your family, friends and colleagues that you are gay or lesbian. These workshops are also […]
Hailing from Gwalior, a world-renowned musician and the master sarod player – Ustad Amjad Ali Khan steps into his 76th year today. He was born on October 9, 1945, into a family of musicians that is said to have invented the instrument ‘sarod’. He is the sixth-generation sarod player in his illustrious family. Here are […]
A senior citizen suffering from Alzheimer’s lost his way home and kind strangers on social media helped his family in Vadodara find him and take him home, proving once again that the Internet is just as bad or good as the people on it. Alzheimer’s is a condition linked to degeneration of the brain with […]
In a tragic incident, a stray cow kicked a senior citizen on his butt and he succumbed to his injuries. The victim, 75-year-old Kantibhai Malakiya, was on his way to a doctor after he complained of mild fever and seasonal cold. Malakiya, accompanied by his two grandsons, Saurabh and Sohel, and neighbour Ajay Kamlekar were […]
Can you imagine, Penicillin, a wonder drug of the times, which is estimated to have save over a 100 million lives was invented out of a fortunate mistake on September 28, 1928 ? When Alexander Flemming woke up that day, he might not have any idea to revolutionize all medicine. In reality, it is what […]
Arvind Kumar Sharma, the former Gujarat bureaucrat who was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “eyes and ears” in Gandhinagar, missed the bus in Uttar Pradesh. Sharma, who joined the UP legislative council in January 2021 after resigning from the civil services, was not inducted as a minister in possibly the last cabinet expansion that was carried […]
The film Bharat Maro Desh Che is about the nomadic community of Gujarat (also called vicharti vimukt). The film revolves around their daily struggles and the problems they face due to not having proper citizenship documents despite being born in India. The film was shot in 2020 during the period following the first lockdown. The […]
The travel industry was among the worst hit as the pandemic crippled lives and livelihoods. People were locked in their homes for months due to the pandemic, but now with things gradually opening up, people, tired of being cooped up at home, are looking to see and explore the world. With the news of a third wave […]
The recent series on display at Sculptor, Vyom Mehta’s studio, is created by exploring the indigo pigment on multiple mediums and several techniques for several months. The narrow lanes of Dudheshwar take you to the studio, easily recognizable amidst the hustle of the textile industries from the coloured faceless paintings on the cement wall and […]
With people moving towards a more sustainable way of living, it is not new that festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi are also celebrated in an eco-friendly manner. Aditi Mittal – an artist, dancer and entrepreneur took to Facebook to share and celebrate eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi. The post read: “He who is prayed first just like the […]
Once upon a time there was a florist who loved flowers. They were the only thing in his life that brought him happiness and had dedicated his life to finding the one bloom that would bestow upon him eternal happiness. One day a customer came into his shop and told him about his old and […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is never short of ambition and an election that’s not driven to win. Even as the BJP rules Gujarat comfortably since 1995, except for a brief exception in 1997, the party is very clear. The chief ministerial chair is not important. The party is. Ahead of the crucial Assembly elections […]
Vinoba Bhave, who played an important role in India’s freedom struggle through non-violent means, has made a great contribution to nation-building. Vinoba Bhave’s original name was Vinayak Narhari Bhave. In the country, he was known as Acharya Vinoba Bhave. He was born on September 11, 1895, in Gagode village in the Colaba district of Maharashtra. […]
In the last column, I spoke about ‘Stories that Open our Eyes’. I would like to continue from last week but with a difference. It’s like a leitmotif in Western Classical symphonic music, where something on a similar theme ends up lending us newer insights. In times of hunger, in times of ever-reducing cost or […]
With speculation that the third wave of Covid will hit children hard and the upcoming drive for kids’ vaccinations, parents have an array of questions about the efficacy of the vaccine and the protocols to follow to safeguard their kids. Currently, Zydus Cadila’s anti-Covid vaccine, ZyCov-D, became the first vaccine approved for use on people […]
Aayush Sanjeev Oak, a young IAS of Gujarat 2011 cadre is the Collector of Surat. Born to an architect father and a mother who once worked in the banking sector in Pune, Oak never thought of pursuing what his parents did. Even his parents were supportive enough to let him choose his own path. He […]
‘Chhelaji re mare hatu Patan thi patola, mongha lavjo ema ruda re moraliya chitravjo Patan thi patola’ (a woman urges her husband who is off to Patan to bring her the coveted Patola sari from there). The unfading charm of Gujarat’s famous weave Patola is reflected in the Gujarati folk song penned by poet Avinash […]
