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Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani joined the Congress party in “spirit” and not “on paper”. The social activist-turned-journalist-turned-politician identifies himself as a social liberal and staunch Ambedkarite. Mevani is one of the leading reformists in the fields of land reforms and labour rights. “I did receive a proposal to join the Indian National Congress (INC), but […]
“I couldn’t believe I was seated between Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, the two pillars of the music industry, at the premiere of my first Hindi film, Bees Saal Baad,” reminisces Biswajit Chatterjee on Lata Mangeshkar’s 92nd birthday, September 28, adding that the evening became even more magical when after the screening, she invited the […]
The Union Home Minister of India, Amit Shah, whose office is the nodal ministry for the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will inaugurate its 17th Formation Day in New Delhi on Tuesday. The theme for this year is ‘Cascading effects of disaster events in the Himalayan region.’ Founded on 27 September 2006, the apex body […]
There is a growing wave of enthusiasm for the Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat, with two new members joining them on Saturday, September 18: Nationalist Congress Youth State President Bahadur Singh Parmar and Raksha Committee Chairman Piyush Kakadia. A press conference was held in Ahmedabad, in the presence of AAP General Secretary Nikhil Savani and […]
Winning an election and re-constituting a ministry are interlinked as the latest cabinet recast in Gujarat, under chief minister Bhupendra Patel, demonstrated. In experimenting with a “no-repeat” norm, veterans such as Nitin Patel, Pradipsinh Jadeja, Bhupendrasinh Chudasma, Kaushik Patel and Saurabh Patel, some of who have been part of every government since Keshubhai Patel’s time […]
A brand new cabinet took oath in Gujarat with Bhupendra Patel as its head. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath to 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge–at Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar on Thursday. The choice of ministers in the newly-formed cabinet shows a dominant Saurashtra and […]
As of now, the Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and his 24 member cabinet is giving me a very start-up-like feeling. (Over) enthusiasm, full-on energy, commitment, confidence. But with doses of confusion, frustration and lack of clarity.For the record, I need to clarify that there is no existing politician who lives, breathes and politics. Which […]
Even as ‘Team 26’ led by the first-time MLA and now Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is confident of triumphing in all 182 Assembly seats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, it is more than apparent that the BJP is basking in premature overconfidence and its dream of making Gujarat Congress and AAP free in […]
There is a striking similarity between Narendra Modi and Mahendra Dhoni. Dhoni walks in late, doesn’t speak, looks around and hits the six to snatch victory from defeat. Modi specialises in suspense, walks in the last — and has the last laugh. Reams and reams of paper, thousands of bytes, lakhs of social media messages […]
He was sitting in the corner of the fourth row in the BJP headquarters at Kamalam when his name was announced as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Suddenly clamour broke out with people shouting Dada, Dada, Bhupendra Patel quietly got up and went up to the stage and gave less than a minute and a half […]
Vijay Rupani is a lucky man to have completed his five-year term as Gujarat chief minister because considering his record, he did not deserve to continue in the position. Maybe his exit as chief minister of Gujarat, the BJP’s model state, is a message the high command is sending to some other powerful chief ministers […]
In a much anticipated but sudden move Vijay Rupani resigned on September 11. He resigned just hours before he attended the (virtual) function with Modi, ironically the function was a Patidar event. Janvi Sonaiya spoke to Deepal Trivedi to find out about the latest on Gujarat Politics. Excerpts below: Why do you think Rupani resigned? […]
Gujarat is Bharatiya Janta Party’s home ground and they can not afford to lose it at any cost. The party is involved in the relay race of chief ministers in Gujarat as a part of the remedy. Earlier former chief minister Anandiben Patel and now, Vijay Rupani had to resign before their term ended. To […]
This is a developing story (Photo: The last picture of Vijaybhai Rupani as Chief Minister of Gujarat) Less than one hour after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Sardardham, a 200 crore Patidar project in Ahmedabad to facilitate over 1600 Patel youth to pursue their ambitions, PM Modi decided that time was ripe to replace […]
1943… It was an uncomfortably hot day in Kolhapur. The 10-year-old young girl who was skipping down the road looked happily playful on camera, but actually, she couldn’t wait for the director to call “Cut.” Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, had passed away the previous year, and she had accepted the Marathi film, Majha Bal. The song […]
Aggressive Hindutva is back with more muscle power in Gujarat. That was the takeaway from the first day of the BJP state executive meeting that Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated on Thursday in Kevadia. It was also clear that even though the state Assembly elections are still 16 months away, the BJP has begun […]
Elections in Gujarat have always been interesting for two and half decades. Like Lutyens in Delhi is often accused of not knowing what actually is happening in Uttar Pradesh, outsiders do not fathom what really works in Gujarat. Some may vouch that it is the development, others say it is the Acche Din and corruption-free […]
Define cooking. You start with some base ingredients – say, vegetables, dal, rice, meat. Into these base ingredients go some additives – say, oil, salt, spices, condiments. The defining transformation happens when heat is applied to the ingredients and the additives. So, cooking is a simple combination of three factors: the base ingredient, the additives, and […]
When Alpa married Aman (names changed to protect identity), she knew his religion fully well. She knew he was a Muslim right from the time they got ‘cosy’ while dating online. From sharing food pictures and talking about their favourite Bollywood stars, they graduated to exchanging their phone numbers. After ten months, Alpa ran away […]
THE TEXTILE industry is one with a strong history and entrepreneurial tradition in Gujarat, and particularly Ahmedabad. The mills of the city are renowned globally for their high-quality finished products. However, the industry is currently facing a slowdown in its usually meteoric growth. While the annual growth rate remains high at 20 percent in 2021, […]
