AAW #123

So the subsequent edition has arrived in the Ahmedabad Art Weekly series, and we are featuring the 123^rd edition of it. Just like the numbers are exceeding the potentiality of the creativity in the city event organisers is increasing too. It is tougher for us to curate ten best of the events out of hundreds of creative happenings of the city. Though Ahmedabad has faced tremendous rains, potholes on the roads, stray cattle on cross roads the people have not at all compromised in bringing out the best for its fellow citizens. Have a look what the city has got for you to make the week more creatively enriching.

This week’s Ahmedabad Art Weekly is in remembrance of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi a notable author and poet who amplified Gujarati literature with his flawless scripts. Born in 1877 Nanalal was the fourth son of great poet Kavi Dalpatram and became the establisher of contemporary Gujarati poetry. Working with the British government in pre-independence era, Nanalal left the job as soon as Mahatma Gandhi launched the non-cooperation movement and wrote a perfect poem regarding him as the Hermit of Gujarat on his 50^th birth anniversary. His works like Hari Lilamrat, which is one of the supreme most literature in Swaminarayan religion and Vishva Gita are gems for vernacular Gujarati. His one of the greatest prayers ‘Asatyo Mahethi’ is still sung in school and is reminisced by all.

Illustration : Nilesh Ramani