Ahmedabad
From Sattvik food festival to fun-packed Kankaria carnival, the city has something to offer to everyone
Updated : Dec 23, 2017, 03:44 AM IST
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With barely a few days left in this year, Ahmedabad, which has been declared as India's first heritage city, is all set to dole out Amdavadis a vibrant and lively year end. The city is gearing to host a plethora of events catering to varied interests. While there will be a traditional Sattvik food festival to tickle the taste-buds and offer a break from the fast-paced life, literature lovers will get their share of enjoyment too. If these do not interest you, experience the winter and take your children to have an night out at the zoo at Sundarvans or head to Kankaria carnival for fun-packed events. Here is a quick guide:
Gear up to inner cleansing by experiencing traditional sattvik recipes at a food festival in the city. The 15th Sattvik food festival organized by the Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) will begin from December 23 and organized at AES ground behind Doordarshan TV tower.
The festival will not only have more than 150 stalls, one can expect more traditional fare made of raagi, kodri, millet and bajri as it is mandatory for each stall to have two dishes made from traditional grains. Apart from catering to the taste-buds, Sattvik will also have a creative and innovation corner for children as well as stalls selling organic food.
The food festival will also host a community kitchen (food lab) where people will be taught how to cook healthy in right vessels, right process and with right feelings. Over 50 stalls from different states of the country and 75 stalls from Gujarat will be offering traditional food items during the three day festival.
What to expect:
*Forgotten traditional recipes
*Community kitchen
*Children's creativity corner
*Seminars related to food, health
*Organic products, farmer exhibition
Date: Dec 23-25
Place: AES ground, behind Doordarshan TV tower
Entry fee: Rs 30
Literature lovers in the city can head to the second edition of Ahmedabad International Literature Festival (AILF) which will begin on Saturday. The two-day festival, to be held at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), celebrates the World Heritage status of Ahmedabad by keeping its theme 'Heritage'.
The festival will have around 80 speakers for different sessions and seminars. It will kick-start with a Bhavai performance. Festival director Umakant Yadav said, "With the advent of the digital age, the world of literature has also been democratized. The consumption of literature has been transformed by an array of digital platforms and social media. In such a backdrop, literature ceases to be limited to a region or nationality."
Some interesting sessions listed below:
*When daughters are the Voices of Fathers: Women behind road safety (2.00 pm)
*Her story: A global perspective of women
*The Karnavati Chronicles: Revealing the city through architectural narratives
Date: Dec 23-24
Place: AMA
Ahmedabad is all set to host the final round of the National Children Science Congress (NCSC) from December 27 onwards. The primary objective of the Children's Science Congress is to make a forum available to children of the age-group of 10-17 years, both from formal school system as well as from out of school, to exhibit their creativity and innovative side and more particularly their ability to solve a societal problem experienced locally using the method of science. It prompts children to think of some significant societal problems, ponder over its causes and subsequently try and solve the same using the scientific process. Children participating in the competition observe, raise pertinent questions, build models and predict solutions on the basis of a model based on field work. A total of 15 projects will chosen as the best and felicitated.
Date: Dec 27-31
Place: Gujarat Council of Science City, near SG highway
There are fewer occasions when Amdavadis get respite from scorching heat. And this is the time make the most of the dip in temperatures. How about taking your children to a zoo visit in the chilly winter nights? Sundarvan, a nature discovery centre has organized a winter night at the zoo and calling young naturalists to explore Sundarvan in an experiential manner.
The visit is open for kids of 8 to 12 years of age and will include a night nature-trail, spider watch, learning activities, craft, huddle around the fire for storytelling, animal yoga and morning trail.
Date: Dec 23-24
Time: 5.30-9.00 pm
Place: Sundarvan, Near ISRO, Jodhpur Tekra, Ahmedabad
Get ready to buy books on different genres at 10-percent discount. Gandhian institute Gujarat Vidyapith is hosting a translated pustak mela (book fair). In their attempt to bridge the language barrier in the written word that obstructs dissemination of information, the book fair will have books which are translated in Gujarati. Speaking about the same, Rajendra Khemani, Registrar, Gujarat Vidyapith said, "There will be nearly 1200 titles translated from either local language to Gujarati or from Gujarati to local languages. The most interesting thing is that we had thought that such fairs would. The books have been categorized in 12 sections namely novels, poems, motivation, life history, etc."
Place: Gujarat Vidyapith campus, Ashram road
Time: 10.00 am to 8.00 pm
Dates: Dec 20-24
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