Blogs from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia - page 2

If you are in the city of Ahmedabad, do not miss out on visiting Sabarmati Riverfront. It’s a promenade on both the banks of the River Sabarmati. A long stretch to stroll , a good place to spend time & Unwind self. The riverfront is perhaps the most divergent place in the city. I visited this place in August 2012.The view of riverfront, from the bridges over the river is well formed. It gives a panoramic view of the riverfront & the city as well. The riverfront gets illuminated post dusk and one can see the Photostat of the lights in the calm waters of the river. It is a peaceful & pleasing place. Adding some information: A good place to hang out. One can get close to the nature in middle of the concrete city. ... read more

Last time I took a road trip was in India. I ventured from the state of Goa (south of Mumbai) up through the cities, villages and vastness, across mountains and deserts to Jaisalmer (borders with Pakistan). Along the way I was filled with wonder. Photo from the Past: Spotted this woman from a building across the way and found her beautiful.... read more

When we returned to the AWAG production facility Wednesdeay afternoon the women were eager to show us all they had done during our absence. Wow! they completely finished nine quilts .. piecing, quilting and binding. About six of them were certainly saleable as first class goods. Madina had even found a way to quilt the Chinense Coin quilt with sine-wave stitching. We took photos of all the quilts. Everyone, including us was pleased. Soon everyone began changing into their finest saris and kurties in preparation for our farewell party. The women made arrangements for Marie to have Mehndi (henna) applied to her hands. I must say, I love Indian women's fashion. Raven hair, supple limbs, and flowing silks in so many colors with sequins, mirrors, embroidery to add sparkle to it all. Everyone was in a ... read more

Although we are still not cleared to leave (check Bill's blog for those hassles), we are entering the "countdown" in anticipation. Do you remember the music concert in memory of a man's father that I wrote about earlier? Well, Tuesday (tonight) was another concert, this time of popular film (mostly Bollywood). Interesting concept: really good singers signing popular music with the films from which the music is taken is shown behind the singers. The concert is in honor of two boys entering Brahmin adulthood...well, they get a white string that they are to wear (although many do not) but it appears to be similar to a confirmation, bar mitzvah, etc. Two boys in the same family: three separate events. The concert was held in an 800-seat auditorium, nearly full, assigned seating! I wore my art silk ... read more

The Log Cabin Quilt is the one that everyone is lining up to buy. The BEST one! My friend Annette told me several times, "get Eleanor Burns' book "Quilt in a Day" or something like that. I found a used copy and two days before we left, Bill figured out a log cabin quilt, assembly style, and that is what we left Meena stitching when we left for Kathmandu. After admiring all of the other quilts, we needed to arrange the 100 squares. I was content to do a simple one, but NOT MALINI. She was determined that we would make the most difficult one, and we did. See the photo. Isn't it amazing at the progress in just 10 days or so. We discussed that 300 or more squares could be made, quickly, production-style, and ... read more