Mar 15, 2018
Surendra Patel, owner and designer of Vishalla restaurant, brings out a charitable solo exhibition of abstract art at Amdavad Ni Gufa, exploring the qualities of inner beauty. According to the Oxford Dictionary, ‘beauty’ is “a combination of qualities, such as shape,…
Mar 12-17, 2018
Painting Exhibition by Surendra Patel at Amdavad ni Gufa, Ahmedabad.
Aug 16, 2016
A talk show on experiences as a designer by the very creative Surendra Patel. Surendra Patel is the founder of Vishala – the village themed restaurant and is also the brain behind ‘Vechar’ Utensils museum. He is currently in process…
Jun 16, 2016
Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IID) is a platform where space designers, affiliated professions, traders, artists and enthusiasts meet together, interact and help masses and society in terms of good designs. The institute keeps on cumulating socials, sessions and cluster…
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…
