It was once believed that India lives in its villages.

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Now it is clear that India’s wealth lies in its cities, or more specifically, Mumbai.

 

India's Wealth Lies in Its Cities

A study conducted by Delhi-based SMC Global classified companies geographically on the location of their registered offices.

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It reveals that Mumbai-registered companies account for 36.28% of the total BSE 500 market cap.

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Some of the prominent names based out of Mumbai are Reliance Industries, L&T, HDFC and SBI.

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Also, out of the market capitalisation ascribed to Maharashtra which has the highest market capitalization among the states — more than 90% originates from Mumbai.

In fact, Mumbai and six other cities account for 85.71% of the total market capitalisation of BSE 500.

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With Delhi NCR (National Capital Region, which includes satellite cities such as Gurgaon and Noida along with the capital) contributing 27.82%.

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After the financial and political capitals, state capitals take the fore.

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Bangalore lays claim to 7.10%,

Hyderabad to 4.86% and Kolkata accounts for 3.83%,

while Ahmedabad and Chennai account for 3.35% and 2.47%, respectively.

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On a state-wide basis, five states in combination with Delhi NCR and Maharashtra account for 94.20% of the total market cap.

A total of 66.17% of the index’s market cap can be traced to Maharashtra and Delhi NCR.

While the latter accounts for 38.35%, Delhi accounts 27.82%.

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Karnataka accounts for 7.74%, Gujarat, 7.48%, Andhra Pradesh is at 4.95% and Tamil Nadu at 4.02%, while Bengal has 3.83%.

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Though the big Indian companies have a pan-India presence with factories or plants located across the country, they tend to have registered offices in metros.

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That is because of the ease of operations and presence of other corporate houses, suggested the study.

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“The traditional metro cities have accumulation advantage.

Its ultimately the money which brings in more money.

As the Indian economy keeps evolving, tier-2 and tier-3 cities may catchup gradually, to bring-in more equitable distribution of wealth across the country.”

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…said Jagannadham Thunuguntla, equity head at SMC Capitals.

La commozione, le emozioni ancora vivide legate al ricordo delle vittime della strage di Mumbai che esattamente un anno fa provoco’ la morte di oltre 170 persone, hanno oggi presto lasciato il posto alle polemiche e alle proteste. L’emozione scaturita dalla parata della polizia che ha aperto la giornata di manifestazioni, seguita da incontri di preghiera interconfessionali e ricordo dei caduti, ha lasciato il posto a numerose polemiche e proteste che hanno riguardato la gente comune, scesa in piazza per partecipare a questo giorno di commemorazioni, ma anche la classe politica. Molte delle famiglie delle vittime degli attentati dello scorso 26 novembre lamentano di non aver ancora ricevuto le somme stanziate a titolo di risarcimento dal Ministero dell’Interno. Secondo fonti ufficiali, dei 107 aventi diritto solo 50 sarebbero stati esaminati e avrebbero ottenuto quanto loro spettante.
Il Ministero dell’Interno indiano ha stanziato 3 lakh (circa seimila euro) di risarcimento per ciascuna delle famiglie delle vittime e 50000 rupie (circa mille euro) per ciascuno dei feriti.
E le questioni relative al risarcimento hanno scatenato le discussioni anche all’interno del parlamento, soprattutto tra il leader dell’opposizione, L K Advani, e il Ministro delle Finanze, Pranab Mukherjee arrivando alla rissa fra i parlamentari.
Advani ha accusato il governo di compiere ”passi lenti” nel dare sollievo e il giusto risarcimento alle famiglie delle vittime, provocando l’ira del Ministro delle Finanze che ha vigorosamente affermato che il partito de BJP (che sta all’opposizione in India) in questo modo strumentalizza la tragedia del 26 novembre scorso per fini politici.
Le manifestazioni di oggi sono state anche segnate dalle proteste per la scarsa sicurezza che avvertono i cittadini, oggi come l’anno scorso. Un ex ufficiale di polizia di Mumbai, Hasan Gafoor, in una intervista ad un settimanale indiano, ha detto che una intera sezione di agenti di polizia si rifiuto’ di recarsi sul luogo degli attentati. Sono poi ancora veementi le polemiche sui ritardi sia dell’intervento della polizia, ma soprattutto di quello delle teste di cuoio, arrivati con oltre 10 ore di ritardo. Molti indiani sono spaventati che un simile attacco possa nuovamente ripetersi in futuro, timore avvalorato da dichiarazioni dei vertici militari e della polizia. Il popolo di Mumbai, insieme anche a tanta altra gente giunta da ogni parte del paese, si e’ riunito dinanzi al Gate of India, il monumento simbolo della citta’ che si trova a pochi passi dall’Hotel Taj )e nei pressi del quale approdo’ il barchino dei dieci assalitori), pregando, piangendo e rendendo omaggio ai caduti. Ma tra loro anche la rabbia e’ apparsa palpabile. ”Vogliamo che Kasab sia impiccato” hanno urlato in molti, invocando cosi’ una punizione esemplare per l’unico terrorista pachistano catturato vivo, al momento sotto processo. ”Proteggono i ministri, i politici, ma alla nostra sicurezza chi ci pensa?” ha detto un altro cittadino. E ci sono state polemiche anche contro la polizia, i cui membri, secondo la popolazione, sono scarsamente addestrati e inidonei a gestire le emergenze. Polemiche anche contro la marcia organizzata dalla polizia, accusata di strumentalizzare l’anniversario per fare bella mostra del suo moderno armamentario. Il tutto, ottenuto grazie ad un nuovo stanziamento per la sicurezza annunciato dal ministro degli interni dello stato del Maharashtra, R.R. Patil. Lo stesso che era in carica durante gli attentati e che si dimise subito dopo, per poi riprendere la sua carica con la nuova amministrazione.

Anche film, libri, mostre d’arte e fumetti nel primo anniversario degli attentati di Mumbai. Gia’ poche ore dopo la liberazione degli ostaggi nel Taj Mahal hotel da parte delle teste di cuoio indiane, un famoso regista di Bollywood, Gopal Varma, fece un sopralluogo nell’albergo, accompagnato dal primo ministro di allora dello stato, per riprendere le location per un film sugli attentati. La cosa indigno’ gli indiani tanto da convincere il primo ministro del Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmuk, a dimettersi e a Varma di abbandonare l’idea del film. Cosa che pero’ non e’ avvenuto per altri registi. Una serie di film sono in uscita in India, tutti coll’unico filo conduttore del sentimento di unita’ del paese, della vittoria sui terroristi pachistani, con esplosioni, sangue e corpi straziati in bella vista. Il richiamo di Bollywood non poteva non essere raccolto dagli altri media che stanno avendo sempre piu’ successo nel paese. E’ ad esempio il caso di ”Operation Mumbai”, un gioco on line nel quale il giocatore deve uccidere, in un tempo determinato, i terroristi. Libri e opere d’arte sono in esplosione a Mumbai e in altre citta’ indiane, mentre e’ stato da poco diffuso anche un fumetto, intitolato ‘26/11′, nel quale 15 terroristi entrano via mare ed un super eroe, Doga, viene preso dai terroristi e poi liberato dalle forze speciali della polizia. In un altro fumetto, ‘Halla Bol’, il super eroe Nagraj entra nello stato vicino ‘Ghuspetistaan’ per distruggere i campi terroristi dopo che questi hanno attaccato i luoghi di Mumbai, che nel fumetto conservano i loro nomi originali. Entrambi i fumetti, venduti a poco meno di un euro, sono andati a ruba ed hanno esaurito le copie stampate, tanto che gli editori stanno pensando di metterli a disposizione su internet o attraverso i cellulari.

It all started when Mrugank, who was previously part of the band HIV as a guitarist, had gone down to anand to watch one of  his school mates, Nitin, perform live. With HIV already on the verge of splitsvilla, Mrugank was looking to form a new band and was in search for musicians with similar musical interest. After the show at anand, he decided to contact nitin and ask for his availability for a jam session.

Hence, a jam session was arranged at anant’s place. Anant had been playing with Mrugank for over a year by then and was the drummer at HIV. With a small a cozy jam room setup at his place, it was a great place to just let loose and compose music. Nitin and Ranjit joined the session to give it a try. The result of the first ever jam session by the band was musically evolving for each of the member. Ranjit roped in Ashwin to play bass for the band and the line up was complete

Nitin – Vocals, Ranjit – Guitar, Anant – Drums, Mrugank  - Guitar and Ashwin – bass.

At the same time a prominent radio station had organized a rock competition for bands to participate with a chance to compose a jungle for the station. Grabbing the opportunity the band went ahead and registered itself. However when the call was made to the organizer a critical question came across to the band “Whats the name? ” With the organizer on hold, the band brainstormed with finally ranjit suggesting Vish (which initially was taken as Wish by Mrugank and Anant ) and voila V!SH was in existence and ready to rock the city. After the first show though Ashwin had to leave the band which made way for Dhaval, ex guitarist at HIV, to join the band on the Bass.

From the show at the radio station competition, the band went on to perform at various college fests like CEPT, DAIICT and were awarded the second runners up at the rock idols round held in ahmedabad. After a year or so of performances, the band decided to concentrate on their original compositions and tried to take the band on its course towards Desi Rock. Strong compositions played out with heavy riffs and beautiful lyrics line up the bands debut albums. The band however split soon after initial recordings with anant departing for pune to pursue his career.

Now, with almost a couple of years in sabbatical, the  band has resurfaced again with new original music and more passion towards music, and have gone ahead with the production of their debut album at Megahertz!.

The band believes in playing music for the audience and hence keeps releasing songs on its community on facebook!. do check them out at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=191094530940&ref=ts

“VISH”ing all a rocking time ahead

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Harassed husbands take out ‘victory’ rally after govt relief

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=20091124200911240232147846845a6b&sectxslt

The harassed husbands association took out a victory procession in the city on Monday following the central government’s directive to states not to make immediate arrests in dowry cases.

“At present we have 48,000 cases of husbands being harassed by women. And every month we get around 250 such cases. Our organisation tries to help and save husbands harassed by their wives,” he said.

After almost a couple of weeks post the release of their second single, V!SH released its third single “Ye Subah” yesterday. The song has been produced at Megahertz! studio.

To bring some variations to the musical layout of its album, V!SH composed this track to have some thumping beats along with the rock music. The song also has Ranjit Singh, the bands guitarist, on the vocals.

Catch the track here:

V!SH – Ye Subah

Please leave a comment here or on the facebook community (see studio page for link)

Thanks,

cheers to desi rock \m/

There is so much being written about the preparation of docile test match wickets that make the contest between bat and ball lopsided. It is annoying to read so many reports about this topic in the last few days. Tendulkar’s 20 years and the future of test cricket seem to be the hot topics of coverage everywhere. We shall intentionally stay away from all that hoopla and write about something that is becoming a global syndrome and not something that is specific to Indian wickets.

In the last five years, Lord’s, the home of cricket, has been no exception to tame draws. Since 2005, only two test matches played at Lord’s have produced results. England defeated West Indies in May 2009 and they defeated Australia in the Ashes earlier this year. Counting out the match against West Indies, that makes it 6 draws and a solitary victory.

Earlier this year, when India toured New Zealand, the test match at Napier petered out to a dull draw where India batted close to five sessions to see the match off. Only two out of 8 test matches played at this venue since 1979 have produced results.

The test matches played at Lahore’s Gadaffi stadium in the last two years have been high scoring draws. We need not remind you of the kind of surfaces England got in West Indies earlier this year when they failed to win a single test match after going down to Jerome Taylor in Jamaica.

In his column in the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck doesn’t hide his disappointment about the slowing SCG surface:

With every passing year, the tracks seem to be slowing down. Take the mottled surfaces seen at the SCG this season. A more docile bunch of decks it’d be hard to imagine. Admittedly, the new ball had a bit of carry but it did not last long. Doug Bollinger had plenty of gas but before long was obliged to bowl stump to stump. Already Stuart Clark had adopted the same strategy. These blokes are top-class operators.

As we can see, the problem with batsmen-friendly pitches is becoming a global syndrome and is not specific to  the wickets of any nation as such. What is more worrying is Mr. Daljit Singh’s retort to the criticism about the Ahmedabad pitch. He says that the curator’s act was justified as they did not want India to go down in a session like they did in the game against South Africa two years ago. India  are better off preparing dust bowls and earning international censure as opposed to preparing such lifeless wickets where there is no turn even on the fifth day.

If there is any consolation, it is just that the wickets in South Africa continue to be sporting and produce results almost everytime. Maybe the curators there have a thing or two to teach their Indian counterparts.

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AHMEDABAD: The state government got serious about congestion and conservation issues and has declared a deadline of two years to turn the Bhadra Fort area and Sabarmati Ashram area into pedestrian zones.

This was announced by state minister for tourism Jay Narayan Vyas at the third edition of Gujarat Tourism Summit hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Saturday. Sabarmati Ashram is a big draw among foreign tourists and there have been several plans to turn it into a silence zone by diverting traffic.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has already announced a Rs 50-crore project to develop Bhadra Plaza, stretching from the 600-year-old Bhadra Fort to Teen Darwaza, as a walking tour destination.

The current congestion at Bhadra will soon give way to a pedestrian walkway and ethnic food restaurants and is expected to become a cultural centre.

In his presiding address, Vyas said, “Gujarat has been achieving significant growth in tourist arrivals since 2005. This growth has been based on the promotion of events such as Vibrant Gujarat, Navratri festival, International Kite Festival and Modhera Dance Festival”.

CII has targeted 1 million international tourists and 41 million domestic tourists by 2015.

Vyas added that the government would invest Rs 500 crore at Ambaji and Saputara in coming three years and promote Ambaji as a pilgrimage centre comparable to Vaishnodevi and Tirupati.

During the summit, participants pointed out a few issues like need to establish more budget hotels, create special tourism zones, develop eco-tourism, theme-based tourism, rural tourism and night life.

Buddhist conference in Vadodara

The state government will host the International Buddhist Conference from January 15 to 17 in Vadodara to promote Buddhist tourism since Gujarat has some valuable relics of Lord Buddha, said state minister for tourism Jay Narayan Vyas.

From TIMESOFINDIA

Dileep Premachandran has come up with perhaps a known argument -

This is a series where the No. 1 ranking is at stake. You’d think that results mattered. But while Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka leave little to chance as they pursue that ambition, India are content with being world leaders: at signing TV deals and producing bog-standard pitches.

And that’s something even Pradeep Magazine seems to agree with -

But what would sadden and hurt them the most is the way the Indian Board is allowing Tests to die a slow death.

And I still hold on to my earlier argument about how India must lead the revival of Test cricket. But, sorry, not with such tracks. The wicket saw close to 1600 runs being scored over 3 innings (1598 to be precise) and only 21 wickets of a possible 40 taken, and a side bowled out only once. These are staggering numbers, which of course will be forgotten in due course of time, only with the romance of a Tendulkar hundred still lingering in public memory. On the same day, only two Ranji sides – Tamil Nadu and Mumbai were able to clinch outright wins against relatively weaker oppositions in Punjab (not the same as 3 years back) and Himachal Pradesh. The rest of the matches played in both the Super League and the Plate League were dead draws as usual. So, here’s the diagnosis, but is the Board willing to treat the syndrome ? I heavily doubt it.

I have a simple theory when it comes to playing Test cricket. Quite a simple one, at that – if I may add – you play to your strengths and the opposition’s weaknesses. Here was an opportunity for India to come up with a result-wicket, to further their credentials as the number 1 team in Tests, and what they produce is dull, paata and flat wickets that leaves Test cricket in this country on a virtual life support. So, coming back to my strengths and weaknesses theory – if I were the Indian captain or Gary Kirsten (not that I’d love these roles), I’d have come up with a track which gave my players the best chance to win the Test i.e. a bowler-friendly wicket against an opposition that doesn’t adjust to seaming/swinging/bouncy conditions easily. Easier said than done, because it has been proven in the past that even Indian batsmen to an extent, tend to look human themselves on these wickets. And if someone comes up with a futile argument that India’s strength is spin-bowling, I’d have to disagree vehemently. Neither Harbhajan Singh nor Amit Mishra possess the ability to run through sides for starters and when both of them are struggling to find their rhythm, I don’t even see a remote possibility of that happening.

As observed in the past few years, we have a tendency of making a fool of ourselves when it comes to preparing wickets for specific oppositions. You don’t prepare a green top as it was done in Nagpur against Australia in 2004 or in the same vein, not at least against South Africa as they did in 2008 at Ahmedabad, when Dale Steyn & Co bowled the Indians out for 75. That’s a) foolish and b) self-defeating. But where you can and you must ensure a green top is against sides like Sri Lanka, whose batsmen may not have the ability to last themselves on these wickets. The game, if played on a green track might last 4 days or not even that, but at least you give yourself and even the opposition (if their bowlers are good enough) a chance to win the game. And, if the Indians consider their strength to be spin bowling, there are specific oppositions – the so-called “poor players of spin” – to produce what I’d call crumbling pitches or minefields. Of course, with the quality spin attack that Sri Lanka possess even with an off-colour Murali, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath – a crumbling pitch in this series may only result in an embarrassment. And off-late, commentators tend to believe that India’s pacers have done well at home as compared to the spinners and hence, a green top seems like your best chance of forcing a result.

It’s a case of now or never for India when it comes to uplifting the standards of cricket in this country – be it at all levels. Ranji Trophy or international cricket. It’s all fair to conduct a tournament like the IPL or even the Champions League or whatever it is called, which probably the BCCI uses as a facade to mask all its ills at the grassroot level. About time Indian cricket stops living in this denial about what the IPL has done for the game in India, and about time they introspect and realize what they have done to Test cricket or even first-class cricket in this country. If all we care about is stupid landmarks like a 43rd Test hundred or 30k runs for Sachin Tendulkar, sure we must continue to produce such wickets. But sorry, if you want to be the World no. 1 team, you need to win as many games and series as possible. And hey, if you’re aiming for the top, your batsmen and bowlers must be able to play in all conditions, including green tops.

Last thoughts – the BCCI must ensure severe penalties – which may include a ban for 2 years – at venues which produce dead tracks. Set a precedent, others will take note and start producing good cricket wickets. Now is the time we can and we must ensure that Test cricket survives, if flourishes seems too optimistic a word, in this country. About time the BCCI cared for the game.

Finally answering to all the pleas of rockers in the city, Words and Images brings you RockParva.

RockParva is a national level band competition organized to provide a platform for upcoming bands to showcase their talent as well as their enthusiasm towards rock music. The competition is open to bands from all across the countries and across all genres of rock music, thus providing a good eclectic mix of bands for the audience to hear. The event is 3 tier with first round eliminations followed by a 2 day event with the headlining act being none other then AGNEE, the band who composed music for recent season of splitsville!. The top 3 bands get a chance to record a compilation album! \m/

Megahertz! is proud to announce its association with the event. Ranjit Negi, the chief sound technician at the studio would be one of the jury members judging the band along with Agnee and other jury members.

For more details about the event please visit http://rockparva.wandi.in/

If you are a band dont miss out this opportunity and for all rock lovers keep checking for updates about the event.

Let the rock season in Ahmedabad begin with a BANG!

cheers \m/

Whine all you like about Test crowds, but who’d spend good money to watch this kind of rubbish? The days of one TV channel are long gone, and Indians have better things to do with their time than watch boring Test cricket. It’s not as though the BCCI’s incapable of producing result-oriented pitches. The 2001 series against Australia was one for the ages. The 2004 one wasn’t half bad either. But over the past five years, this is the 11th draw in 24 Tests. Just not good enough, and a poison pill for a form of the game that’s already threatened by the relentless advance of Twenty20.

What are 48 hours? Nothing much. Just 2 days. This is the obvious response that I expect from any normal person. And even I was such a normal person till now.

But thanks to a train journey to Chennai, I realized what 48 hours actually meant.

My organization decided to send me to Chennai for some work and I swear that the first things that came to my mind was coconuts & lungis(!) [Nothing personal here] I was excited at the prospect of going to Chennai as I had never gone so south in my life! Also, this shall help me add another city to the growing list. [Note – One of my aims of life is to visit 100 Indian cities. Read other such aims here]

And the train route which IRCTC’s site had allowed me to take, was about 2500 Kms, starting somewhere in Rajasthan, then passing through Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & finally to Tamil Nadu. And though my decision of not taking my laptop with me was born out of sound reasoning like ‘why take a liability while travelling’ & ‘security’, I did realise about the graveness of my mistake, much later on.

It is very rightly said that when you don’t want to get bored, then the entire universe conspires to bore you. I had my reservation in II AC; which unluckily got upgraded to IAC. And that too in a coupe! Now, it was not me, but my fate that decided that, Dev will spend his entire journey talking to just one person who would him in the coupe, and not many like there are in IInd or IIIrdAC. And apart from Ahmedabad, there were no big stations in route to Chennai. Luckily, I grabbed this opportunity, and bought a fiction. Chetan Bhagat’s 2 States.

For those who have already read it, might recollect that a major chunk of the book is written with Chennai as the background. And this was indeed a great help to me, as I could make tentative plans about places to visit in Chennai. [Thanks Chetan...your book acted as a guide book for me].  And let me add a nano-book-review here – 2 States is much better than One Night @ Call Center & 3 Mistakes of my life. But still, not as magical as Five Point Someone. Though, I strongly recommend this book.

Only problem with the book was, that I devoured it in less than 4 hours. And I was left with nothing but magazines, some songs in mobile and an old person besides me to communicate. And I still had more than 1500 Kms still to go.

This was the point when I realised that sleep is also a means of entertainment in such a long journey. Though I don’t sleep much, I had no better options. So I slept. I slept whenever I had nothing else to do. And just imagine how frustrating it would be to have someone staring at you continuously? This act was performed by a Tamil Nadu Tourism’s poster depicting a tiger, which had huge eyes staring out of the poster all the time. It was terrible.

One night when I was about to doze off…it just came to my mind, that apart from a stupid update, I had not written a post for a long time. My blog was in a sort of dead state. Somehow, after my Desert Bike Trip post, I did not have any inspiration to write. But, as they say, out of desperation, courage is born, so is this post. In the middle of night, I started writing this post in ink and paper…

[Please don’t analyse my writing – Its universally known to be pathetic]

So, after travelling in train alone (effectively though), I did eventually realise that 48 hours is something huge. It is actually a lot of time. I don’t want to give a lecture here, but we can utilize our time in ways that are unimaginable. Time is power. Real power.

I finally did reach Chennai, after, you guessed it…48 hours on train. And frankly speaking, I have never before been so happy to see a railway station.

And after reaching the city, I travelled as much as I could. Went to Marina Beach, T. Nagar, another beach whose name I cant remember, Mahabalipuram, Kovalam beach and likes…

Below are some of the pictures which I shall share with the readers…

Marina Beach – Chennai

Mahabalipuram [Above & Below]

Mahabalipuram Beach

Kovalam (Not the one in Kerala )

And just to make it sure that I don’t have any lack of reading material, I bought some of these…

And once I finished my journey, I realized that I was not wrong in buying these

And by the way, Chennai is much more about Coconuts & lungis…its a beautiful place and a lovely city. Though language was a problem for me. But it had its own charm.

[P.S. – After Chennai, I went to Bengaluru & Ahmedabad...but I have no pictures to share from there due to reasons known to the virus which fell in love with Bengaluru & Ahmedabad pics.]

Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a tiny strip of land sandwiched in between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. It is a town in between the long straight well maintained Mumbai- Ahmedabad highway. This small union territory might look small and insignificant compared to the giants surrounding it, yet it is one of the best examples of India’s true nature. Irrespective of its size this union territory one can give a taste of India. Though it was romanced by foreign countries like Portuguese over the years this place never lost its true nature. She accepted everything that came her way but only the good to make her more perfect. Dadra and Nagar Haveli has a tribal culture which include rural folk dances and festivals at the same time one can experience a bit of Portuguese traditions, culture and festivals here. Hundus, Muslims and Christians lives in harmony celebrate the festivals together. The major festivals include Diwali, Akha Tij, Divaso, Raksha Bandhan etc. there are many fairs held on an annual basis like Tarpa Festival, Craft Mela, Kite Festival and Monsoon Magic festival etc. The folk dances are inseparable ingredient in weddings and important occasions. It is an experience to understand the culture of a small yet very significant Union Territory of India.

The nearest airport to Dadra and Nagar Haveli is Mumbai International airport and Vapi is the nearest railway station. Accessibility to Dadra and Nagra Haveli is easy by road as the Western express highway passes through here. There are several hotels and resorts for tourists to stay and experience their vacation in this land of several cultures.

Amdawadis are known for their musical interests. From sell out concerts by bollywood playback singers to mesmerizing gazal nights, each musical gathering has a strong feel of participation from the audience. However if we move away from commercial music towards other genres, we hit upon the rising cult of rock music lovers.

Though English music is still being perceived as backstreet boys and bryan adams, the rock music scene has been changing in the city. And with bollywood music also adapting to more fusion compositions with rock elements, the audience is getting far more accepting to the overdriven guitar. From rock shows witnessing a modest turnout of 150-200, despite of free entry, about a year ago now witness rock enthusiast in numbers over 500 f or a paid entry! Its great to see people sporting children of bodom shirts all around. The rock attitude sure is catching up with the city.

It’s the quality of music which finally matters and with invigorating new talent coming up besides the experienced bands, there is a strong sense of serge for the rock music movement. A proper platform with strong support is what is needed to provide the impetus for the scene to surge ahead. Lets work towards a more organized rock scene for the city of fafdas and jalebis !

cheers

P.S. Any ideas feel free to give me a buzz we are working on a few and will keep you guys posted