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How Tulika Books is creating impact in children’s lives through picture books
Nandini Varma
Aug 20, 2019
A children’s book about a boy who feels like a girl. And about a child brought up by grandfathers. These are some of the stories published by Tulika Books, who have been making children’s picture books since 23 years. Little…
Of youthful passion and star-crossed lovers on Shakespeare’s birthday
Dr. S. D. Desai
Apr 22, 2020
While the Globe is streaming free its second dramatic production Romeo and Juliet, today is 23rd April, the day William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is believed to have been born and died. One would seldom find a more spontaneous and intense expression…
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello—Artists or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters?
Harshil Shah
Nov 4, 2019
Did you ever wonder where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ characters got their names from? Well, your search is complete. Here is a brief introduction of the artists from whom the creators of TMNT took inspiration. Teenage mutant ninja turtles,…
The call of the mountains: orthopaedic Dr Yatin Desai’s advice on trekking
Himanshu Nainani
May 23, 2019
In this piece 64 year old Dr Yatin Desai, shares with CY his inspiring story of how to scale towering mountains with utmost ease and how this life adventure activity can shape human character and health. Chances are high that…
AAW #161
May 24 - May 30 2018
Keep your weekend schedule relatively free because Africa is coming to town, with some original musical performances straight from Uganda! Revel in a comedy act by one of the funniest men in India, hum along to Gujarati hit numbers or experience an Odissi dance performance.
If the upcoming Africa Festival doesn’t satiate your culturally curious soul, then take a look at a talk show featuring journalist Ramesh Tanna and poet Tushar Shukla. An Odissi dance performance on author Dinkar Joshi’s work of literature Chakra thi Charkha Sudhi should also feed your soul. A local play called Not a Paheli promises to explore if life can be conflict-free and jovial!
Those looking out for lighter entertainment can attend a stand-up comedy performance by comedian Gaurav Kapoor, who is now considered one of the funniest guys in India. Or hum along to popular Gujarati numbers at a gathering called Gamyun Te Geet.
Movie lovers should not miss out on a screening of French documentary Speak Up about a group of mixed race students struggling to take part in an oratory competition. A Gujarati documentary based on the life and achievements of physicist Stephen Hawking is also being screened next week. Creative people all over Ahmedabad are being beckoned by our Ahmedabad Art Weekly #161 to explore some enriching entertainment over the coming days!
This week, a profound literary personality who made us all smile with his humorous works, has left us all teary-eyed! Humour essayist Vinod Bhatt, who is our inspiration for our Ahmedabad Art Weekly #161, left for his heavenly abode on May 23 in Ahmedabad, after battling a long-standing kidney problem. The veteran writer wrote 45 books in Gujarati, Hindi as well as Sindhi during his career as an author. Born in Nandol in Gandhinagar district in 1938, Bhatt worked as a tax consultant, while serving in parallel as a columnist for various Gujarati dailies. He wrote many biographies with a satirical touch, like Charlie Chaplin, Narmad Ek Character, Swapnadrashta Munshi, Hasyamurti Jyotindra Dave, Great Showmen George Bernard Shaw, and Anton Chekov.