Jan 29, 2018
Seems it was the harvest time at Kadamb’s annual celebrations held on 24th and 25th this month. A rich yield and a promise of bounteous years ahead for the Kathak Centre of international repute left dance lovers enthralled on the…
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Kadamb keeps to the roots even as it gets in tune with contemporary sensibility
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Saptak 2018 : Day 2 soars with Sitar
Jan 03, 2018
After all the heavy tones of electronic music on New Year’s Eve, enters the soothing sounds of Indian Classical Music with the annual Saptak Festival, this time in its 38th edition. After a fervent opening day performance on January 1, 2018, by Ustad…
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Varanasi’s Melodious Heritage Celebrated at ‘Sur Ganga’
Apr 26, 2017
Image source: globalpress.hinduismnow.org The ‘City of Music’ heritage is being celebrated at ‘Sur Ganga’, a carnival of music organised from April 18 to May 30 by Varanasi Municipal Corporation in association with UNESCO at Varanasi, Bihar. With this festivity, Varanasi…
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A Tribute to the late Ranjana Jhaveri
Mar 27, 2017
Those my age would remember the four Jhaveri sisters Nayana (eldest), Ranjana, Suvarna and Darshana, who became famous beginning the late fifties for their beautiful Manipuri dances. In those days it was bold of parents to have encouraged girls to…
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159 year old library in Ahmedabad
Himanshu Nainani
May 25, 2016
Lal Darwaja, the biggest hub for hawkers and patrons, where people flock as if everything is been sold free of cost. It can also be named as the commercial capital of Ahmedabad because it was historically one of the first…
Fernandes Bridge : a unique book market of Ahmedabad !
Himanshu Nainani
Jun 24, 2016
Fernandes Bridge, the street is connecting readers with writers, students with publishers and curios beings with answers since decades. The Chopda Bazaar of Fernandes Bridge is one of the oldest Book Market in Ahmedabad Gujarat that serves thousands of people flocking…
One of the oldest library of Ahmedabad – A discovery
Jaimin Rathod
Apr 11, 2016
The oldest library of Ahmedabad, Hazrat Pir Mohammad Shah Library, is blessed with quietness of the mosque that surrounds it. Ahmedabad has internationally carved its identity on the globe through the numerous mosques dotted across the city. The air confined…
Gandhi’s first Ashram in Ahmedabad
Shefali Ahir
Feb 16, 2016
There’s an interesting story behind Ashram Road of Ahmedabad getting its name. It is said that Ashram road is the road that connects the two ashrams of Mahatma Gandhi, Kochrab Ashram and Sabarmati Ashram. While Sabarmati Ashram is more popular nowadays,…