AAW #242

On behalf of the entire team of Creative Yatra, we wish our valuable readers a glorious and prosperous New Year! May all your desires be fulfilled and you keep endeavouring towards new and creative possibilities. With exciting events brewing under the onset of this New Year, we bring you the first Ahmedabad Art Weekly of 2020, guiding you towards the entertainment hotspots of the week.

If you enjoy watching live theatre, than this week might just be one of the most interesting for you as we bring 4 incredible plays to you. Recreating one of the most epic tales of Indian mythology, Puneet Issar brings us Mahabharat – The Epic Tale. Mahabharat is a play that congregates three pivotal characters of the epic – Duryodhan, Karna and Draupadi – through which we will discover the real reasons for the onslaught of this destructive war.

Bringing you a thrilling story of a retired Assistant Police Commissioner and his endeavours on one rainy night, Kusur is a play that will take you on a claustrophobic and thrilling, yet emotional and immersive journey. Whereas Kusur talks about a bold and strong character, Likhavat is a Gujarati play that concentrates on the life changing event of an emotional, innocent and altruistic girl and his understanding husband.

Were these too intense for you? Worry not. We have the perfect play to lighten your mood. Hu Ene Gamu Chu is a comedy play that concentrates on an individual’s journey towards finding someone who can love him. And if you wish to witness an entertaining show, The Comedy Factory will be presenting a Wholesome Show starring stand-up comedians like Manan Desai, Ojas Rawal, Chirayu Mistry, Aariz Saiyed and Deep Vaidya.

Filling the ambient Flower Park at Riverfront once again with vibrant colours and enchanting fragrance, AMC brings us the 8^th edition of Flower Show which will start from 4^th January.

For a more visually artistic escapade, we have two amazing exhibitions lined up for you. First up, we have Tatpashchaat, the Annual All India Art Exhibition of Contemporary Art which will mark its 11^th edition this year. Second, brining you a spectacular exhibition of lights, Spectocculour is an experimental presentation which reflects on the dystopian side of the city with the help of lights.

Eliciting the enhancement of motherhood due to advancing technologies, Motherhood Tales in the Digital Age is a talk session that discusses the joy of being a mother and how the digital age has made it incredibly easier to capture moments.

Hirubhai Mulljibhai Patel was an Indian civil servant who has played the roles as our Defence Secretary, Minister of Finance and Minister of Home Affairs in his life span of 89 years. He played a pivotal role in administering and resolving issues of internal and national security in the initial years after the independence of India. He was also the chairman of the Charutar Vidya Mandal, which led to the formation of Vallabh Vidyapith, now known as Sardar Patel University situated in Vallabh Vidhyanagar.

For his immense contributions towards creating a powerful nation, fresh out of its independence, we dedicate the 242^nd Ahmedabad Art Weekly to his legacy.