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Ayaan Jariwala, an 11-year-old artist, dominates the world of paintings as he plays with lines, shapes, and colours. An ardent listener of ancient stories and a keen learner of geographical maps, Ayaan builds his own fictional cities with a vivid imagination and ingenious thinking. Ayaan’s school teachers could see a budding artist in the young […]
Despite the relief it brings, monsoon can be a dampener for plans. The incessant rains that Ahmedabad has been witnessing since last week has made commute a nightmare. Schools and colleges have shut down to ensure that maximum numbers are safe indoors. However, what does one do with events already planned and lined up months […]
Have you ever heard of a museum dedicated to learning about historical conflicts? Conflicts, from our point of view, we ‘the people of India’, how we felt, what our ancestors went through during those moments of conflict. Conflictorium is a peculiar museum dedicated to moments of conflict. It shows us our history, present and the […]
By Aruna Raghuram It’s a common enough situation. Over the years, you collect furniture, artefacts, clothes, linen, vessels, crockery, books, toys, and many more things. Many of these you may not need anymore. But they still occupy space in your home and add to the clutter. If you are wondering what all this fuss about […]
Everyone coped with the lockdown in their own way. Aparna Piramal Raje, for one, wrote a book on her struggles with mental illness. “Chemical Khichdi: How I hacked my Mental Health” tells the story of Aparna’s struggles with bipolarity, from her early days as a student at Oxford and Harvard Business School, to her induction […]
To help promising talent come to the fore, a Children’s Drama Club is being held by Walter Peter, founder-director, LaaPoLaa TIE-India at Evoke Collective, Nehrunagar. The workshop started Sunday and will be on during weekends till January 2023. The program culminates with a stage show. “Drama is an instrument of change. We hope young talent […]
On Friday, a man in Vadodara, Gujarat, took his own ‘Robotic Rath Yatra’ out on the streets to commemorate the 145th Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, an annual chariot festival associated with the Hindu God. Jai Makwana described the one-of-a-kind show as a “amalgamation of science and traditions.” Jai Makwana, in what has been described as […]
PICK A CARD Card Description Card 1 Relationship: Your relationship gives you a sense of deep fulfillment and gratitude right now. This card signals a feeling of completion and happiness. At times, this card can even suggest moving to the next step of your relationship, such as marriage or starting a family. As you complete […]
The Swaminarayan sect of the Bochanvasi Akshar Purshottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) received the highest foreign funding of Rs 26 crore in a single quarter from January to March 2022, among as many as 500 organisations having got more than Rs 100 crore from abroad. This has been disclosed in the quarterly returns they filed for the […]
Gujaratis are known to be entrepreneurs who can think out of the box, but many often land up in a situation where a good idea dies prematurely for want of an effective revenue model. This explains why scores of businesses shut shop within a short span of launching. Now Registrar of Companies, Gujarat, has received applications from as […]
Practice Makes Perfect In an entrepreneurial state like Gujarat, there is no dearth of money and black money. Most builders run their business on cash and recently, the vigilant Income Tax department seems to be on a lookout for such unethical business practices. We hear that to wriggle out of this, the builder lobby is […]
Dr. Baljinder Singh Gill is no newcomer to splashing news. His modest attempts to bring colour into the life of underprivileged children and to acquaint as many as possible with the joys of the brush got him to Ahmedabad over the weekend. In a candid chat with VOI, Dr. Gill speaks his mind and puts […]
The government unveiled Agnipath on Tuesday, June 14 — calling it a “transformative” scheme– for the recruitment of soldiers in the Army, Navy and the Air Force, largely on a four-year short-term contractual basis. Protesters are unhappy with the changes, particularly the length of service, no pension provisions for those released early, and the 17.5 […]
From mistakes in the iconic Roman Holiday — where cars belonging to a later era were filmed in various shots — to glaring errors that each trend setting movie makes, fans tread where directors fail. Here’s a quick look at seven modern day oversights: Not only did fans plead with the folded hand emojis, some […]
Even as an atmosphere of celebration pervades all over the Central University of Gujarat in Gandhinagar given that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to pave the way for their much-awaited permanent campus in Vadodara district on Saturday, there is a dark side that haunts the university — a serious charge of plagiarism. “Transcending dark […]
Darkness Descends At Income Tax… Event Now, now… before your imagination runs riot, this has nothing to do with the proverbial darkness. The auditorium was jam-packed. Over 600 officials from the Income Tax Department of Gujarat were attending a cultural event to celebrate 75 Years of Independence. As soon as the chief guest, Commissioner of […]
