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essay: the gujarati difference

Gujarat & India Same, Different But Same

A historically mercantile culture, a centre-right leaning and an irreverent nature, the Gujarati is truly a thepla in the mix

Jun 02, 2014

| Roma Shah
politics

The Gujarat Model Of Politician

Gandhi and Modi, two men who couldn’t have been more different, but born of the same soil that also gave us Sardar Patel and Jinnah

Jun 02, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
essay

The Gujarat I Lived In And Loved

A tribute to the Gujarati character, from someone who has lived and worked in the state for 20 years

Jun 02, 2014

| V. Gangadhar
the new gujarati

Show Us The Rokda

The classic terra incognita beyond a few pop images, Gujarat is home to many dualities

Jun 02, 2014

| Namrata Joshi Prachi Pinglay-Plumber

essay: the gujarati difference

Gujarat & India Same, Different But Same

A historically mercantile culture, a centre-right leaning and an irreverent nature, the Gujarati is truly a thepla in the mix

Jun 02, 2014

| Roma Shah
politics

The Gujarat Model Of Politician

Gandhi and Modi, two men who couldn’t have been more different, but born of the same soil that also gave us Sardar Patel and Jinnah

Jun 02, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
on gujaratis

The Elusive Sides Of That Raj Traveller

From Cal, via Ahmedabad and Savannah, US, the search is on...

Jun 02, 2014

| Bachi Karkaria
gujarat: business

Home To The Stocks

The Gujarati zeal for business will provide the national blueprint for economic drive

Jun 02, 2014

| Arindam Mukherjee
essay

The Gujarat I Lived In And Loved

A tribute to the Gujarati character, from someone who has lived and worked in the state for 20 years

Jun 02, 2014

| V. Gangadhar
gujarat: diaspora

Those Nights In Nairobi

From early seafarers to a globalised people, overseas Gujaratis are etched as a distinct type

Jun 02, 2014

| Pranay Sharma
the new gujarati

Show Us The Rokda

The classic terra incognita beyond a few pop images, Gujarat is home to many dualities

Jun 02, 2014

| Namrata Joshi Prachi Pinglay-Plumber
cuisine: gujarati food

Five-Spice Mix (And The Remix)

The ‘Plain Jane of Indian food’ is actually a delicate, native diva—and the palanquin beckons

Jun 02, 2014

| Neha Bhatt
- A Less Understood Ambrosia
column

Bhavnagari Sizz Bang Boom

The glittering Gujarati streak skeining through Bollywood

Jun 02, 2014

| Bhaichand Patel

opinion

How Not To Bely The Mt Everest Of Hope

An open letter to PM Narendra Modi, from the man who’d called him an autocrat who cares two hoots for his party

Jun 02, 2014

| Sudheendra Kulkarni
In Pictures

After A Win

Some snapshots of the Modi March to New Delhi

Jun 02, 2014

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chennai: initiative

A Chair For My Paati

A Chennai store fills a gap in geriatric care

Jun 02, 2014

| Sudha G. Tilak

10 Questions

Ruskin Bond

The writer on receiving the Padma Bhushan and why children are a recurrent theme in his work

Jun 02, 2014

| Priyadarshini Sen
Gossip

Bibliofile

Get set for fresh memoirs from Natwar Singh and former CAG Vinod Rai. And, Thimphu, ahoy!

Jun 02, 2014

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Last Page

Teheran Diary

Teheran is almost spotlessly clean. No Indian city can come even remotely close in comparison

Jun 02, 2014

| Claude Alvares
MUMBAI RESTAURANT

If You Can’t Do Penang

The ‘pure veg’ brigade can wolf down Penang Laksa Noodles without poking about suspiciously.

Jun 02, 2014

| Shabnam Minwalla
Review

After The Great Game

This finely edited collection of essays is not a travel book in the conventional sense

Jun 02, 2014

| Bhaichand Patel
Review

Master Of Apostrophe

Sutradhar, curator and Mumbaiah, Hoskote dazzles with his kaleidoscopic points of view and his multiphony

Jun 02, 2014

| Sudeep Sen
The Secret Diary of

Amit Shah

He Ayodhya na Ramji, at last thodu aaram maliyu

Jun 02, 2014

| V. Gangadhar
movie review

Children Of War

An unforgiving film that is a strong reminder that horrors of history never leave us.

Jun 02, 2014

| Namrata Joshi
movie review

XPose

Unfortunately, not the expected fun ride I was looking forward to

Jun 02, 2014

| Namrata Joshi
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