AAW #128

The revelry is at its most during Gujarat’s most celebrated nine days of the year. And amidst the Navratri, some people are still celebrating creativity. Creative Yatra appreciates their ownership towards keeping city’s mood always enriched. And in the 128^th Ahmedabad Art Weekly, we have mentioned art events, movie screenings, photography exhibitions, discussions, literary gatherings, musical concerts and much other creativity filled occurrences. If you think your event is creative and should be mentioned in our curated event list, register at creativeyatra.com and send us the details of it. The event will be mentioned on our website, but if it is really enriching, then it will even get a space in the AAW too.

This week Ahmedabad Art Weekly is dedicated to Ravji Patel the modernist Gujarati poet, writer and novelist who was born in Anand city of Gujarat and was a second-year college dropout from the Arts College due to financial constraints. He was the co-editor of poetry journal Shabda. He was a lyricist and also produced songs including Mari Aankhe Kankuna Suraj Athamya. He also authored popular Gujarati Novels – notable among which are Jhanza, Vrutti ane Varta and an incomplete story Vrutti and wrote a one-act play called Rakh Pan Bole Chhe. He was honoured with accolade Uma-Snehrashmi Prize, and he is considered to be the pioneer of modern Gujarati literature.