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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, […]
The impressive show of strength from among the opposition ranks at Kapil Sibal’s residence yesterday has many significant political imports. The development is all set to intensify the power struggle within the grand old party. First and foremost, Gandhis are not most sought after by the non-BJP-NDA opposition. Sibal may have been within his rights […]
Renowned farmers’ leader Sagar Rabari has joined AAP Gujarat on Monday.
August 4 is a red-letter day for music aficionados across the world because it was on this day, 92 years ago in 1929, that on a Sunday evening in Khandwa, Gauri Devi went into labour. Abhas was the youngest son of lawyer Kunjilal Ganguly and his wife Gauri, born after Kumudlal, Sati Devi and Kalyan. Today, the […]
Apart from an appetite for risk, if there is one similarity between Harshad Mehta and Pratik Gandhi, then it is their rigour to emerge from a chawl and make a name for themselves. Just like a phoenix emerges from its ashes, it took Pratik 20 years to become an “overnight sensation”. Clearly, overnight lasted a few […]
“Yeh parbaton ke daayare, yeh shaam ka dhuan, aise mein kyon na chhed dein dilon ka dastaan…” This song from the 1968 film Vaasna, composed by Chitragupt, tops Biswajit Chatterjee’s list of Mohammed Rafi favourites, followed by the frothy April Fool title track, “April fool banaya, toh unko gussa aaya…” Guide’s evergreen “Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hai…” and the musical […]
The “political loyalty” reward to Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana by the Narendra Modi-led BJP government in the Centre has come under harsh criticism. At least six IPS officers that Vibes of India spoke to also criticised the appointment saying,”we had much hope in PM Modi that he rewards meritocracy. But that seems to […]
Having vanquished the mighty Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in the rough and tumble of West Bengal politics, the maverick Mamata Banerjee wants to try a hand at bearding the lion in his den — Invincible Gujarat. More significant than whether Didi succeeds in Gujarat is that she is sending a strong message to the […]
On his 81st birthday Bapu shares :” I am no longer part of the CM face rat race. I do not qualify for the state legislative assembly, nor do I wish to contest general elections.”Born in Gandhinagar district’s Vasan village on 21st July 1940, Shankar Sinh Vaghela who holds a postgraduate degree, the octogenarian fondly […]
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was working on an important story on the foreign assets of the Ambani family when Pegasus, the sinister spyware, hit his phone and kept tracking whatever he was doing. In fact, Thakurta was not aware that it was Pegasus or for that matter any other malware that would have struck […]
In 2015, Varsha Nikam was elected as the sarpanch in Mankapur, Maharashtra. The village had no bridge. An educator for over two decades before her stint in politics, Nikam was aware of how difficult it was for kids to come to school. After countless letters to local, district and national leaders, she managed to bring […]
Caste is the King What’s your Caste. Tame Keva? Most BJP believers and followers defend their party dubbing it as a party with difference with no importance to caste. This is the biggest fallacy that BJP has successfully seeded for its perception management. The truth is that nobody knows caste calculations better than the RSS […]
Gujarat has never had it better. Not during the Congress led by Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi or UPA led by Manmohan Singh, Janata Party (secular) led by Charan Singh, Janata Party by Morarjee Desai, Janata Dal National Front by VP Singh, Janata Dal (United front) of Deve Gowda and I K Gujral, Samajwadi Janata […]
PM Modi’s political wisdom in Governor Appointments Behind every governor’s transfer, there has been a lengthy political debate and apt calculation. These days in India, Governors are no more cosmetic heads of the State. They play a critical role in various manoeuvrings and manipulations as we all know. The appointment of Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel, 77, as […]
