There's a slum area in Ahmedabad called 'Hollywood'. I have been wondering why it has been popularly known as Hollywood? it has no resemblance to real Hollywood which is located in Los Angeles, California. There's no similarities between both the places. In fact, geographically it is far apart from each other. lot of you might be interested in knowing the story behind this. So i might incorporate it in my documentary 'The Connoisseur's Journal' or else may be I'll do a separate story. Wait and Watch!
On Saturday, April 25th, 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and other surrounding areas, such as India, China, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. This devastating earthquake, as well as the aftershocks has so far caused the death of 9000 individuals and the number is rising. The situation is very severe.
A second major earthquake occurred on 12 May of 7.3 magnitude. More than 120 people met death and again thousands got injured. Many buildings, including homes, schools, government buildings, religious sites (many of them UNESCO world heritage sites), etc. have been destroyed. Health care for people is not easily accessible, as hospitals are turning people away as there are not enough resources. For a country that thrives on tourism, many historical monuments have been demolished. Being here, there is not much we can do. However, we can keep the victims and their families in our thoughts and prayers. Please join us for a candle light march ceremony for the people affected by this. Together, we can make a difference.
Let’s commemorate those who have died or are suffering in Nepal, Bangladesh, Tibet and Northern India from the recent earthquakes.
Event Schedule:
On 17th May at 5.00 P.M citizen of Ahmedabad are requested to gather at Vastrapur Lake to pray for the victims, to play music for their wounded souls, to hear their stories, to join the debate. From 6:00 P.M march will began to reach it's destination by 7:00 P.M holding candles chanting songs of peace and hoping well for Nepal.
Agenda:
• Songs for peace,
• Moment of silence,
• Candle light march and
• Awareness on Earthquake.
Songs for Peace:
This is a musical tribute for all the people that lost their lives due to earthquake in Nepal, Tibet and India. Students, singers, musicians and artists of different fraternity along with the common citizens will dedicate their songs and music as prayers for the people of Nepal who have suffered.
Debate:
Ahmedabad has seen its share of death, broken homes and shattered dreams. Still the earthquake resistant constructions are not made compulsory, still every day, thousands of buildings and flyovers are erected just to fall down one day. This is simply for us to come together and remember those who've lost their lives and those who struggle to rebuild.
Through this march we aim to create awareness about the non-compatible constructions in the seismic zones. Most of the buildings falling down with hundreds of lives due to earthquake or aftershock, are not designed to suit the geographical requirements. This is not a problem of Nepal. This is a worldwide phenomenon and thousands of people die because of cheap raw materials, shoddy construction techniques and deadly greed of Builders and Constructors.
We want to request the governments worldwide, to make sure that the earthquake resistant guidelines are brought in place, to reduce the death toll. We want to request all the universities to make the knowledge of earthquake resistant technology covered in their syllabus. We want to request all the builders in the world, to show some mercy, and construct sustainable cities in future.
Nature is not to be blamed, it’s us the humans, we create infrastructure that cannot endure natural forces. Earthquakes, Floods and Global Warming are some of the problems that need confrontation.
If you would like to be involved in any capacity, please fill out the following google form at your earliest convenience: https://docs.google.com/
Important Notes:
• Please bring your own music instruments for the special music jamming session. Please inform in advance if you are participating in jamming.
• Please feel free to bring your own candles/torch. If possible bring for others as well. We will also have candles available. We request you to wear cloths with ‘White’ color code, it is not mandatory.
• We are not accepting any relief material or cash to send to Nepal, just the prayers and songs will do.
• You can bring the plea cards, banners or posters with your message for Nepal and world.
• Please park vehicles responsibly.
• All are invited. There are no religious obligations.
for further queries Contact: +91 85 11 9191126, 9824642246 or Songsforpeace@jayrajsinhch
Thank you for your support, and we hope to see you all this Sunday.
Even 60 years old citizens of Ahmedabad said that they had never witnessed such a massive hailstorm in their lifetime.
The city of Ahmedabad today witnessed hailstorm which will be remembered for long. Ice cubes were raining in speed continuously for over half an hour. Trees were shaking due to high velocity wind equal to mini cyclone. Big ice cubes carpeted road sides. For some minutes it was scary look as ice cubes were making too much noise. Some cars parked in open suffered crack in front glass.
Venturing outside was nearly impossible due to speedy fall of good size ice cubes. Also the water was too cold. Walking in such water was impossible beyond 30 ft. People of Ahmedabad generally have habit to witness water logging, but today’s water logging was so icy cold that it was impossible to pass through it. Street dogs were seen as worst sufferers. We witnessed couple of street dogs who were struggling to walk to safer place as their legs were not able to tolerate the ice cold water.
Due to mini cyclone, water on the ground was mixed with floating branches and leafs of trees. This was causing slow discharge of water in gutters.
The city therefore witnessed heavy water logging not just in low lying areas but on almost all roads.
This was second incident of hailstorm in Ahmedabad this year. But previous hailstorm was not so solid.
This was also the fifth round of unseasonal showers since January 1.
Remix of season is very confusing. Yesterday the morning time, and even noon time was like just another summer day with open sunny sky, but by the evening it was dark cloudy sky with light rain, chilled winds and cold.
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No matter what I am filming I represent Ahmedabad in my films. Because I love my city!
The Official Teaser Trailer for Rainbow Music Festival 2015 is here.
Rainbow Music Festival 2015 is Gujarat's biggest music festival! This two-day celebration will feature 25 bands from across the country, over 500 performers and multiple stages! Enjoy 22 hours of non-stop live music. There will also be a food arena which will serve scrumptious delicacies!
This music festival is where young and veterans will get together to create a rainbow from their music. Rainbow Music Festival 2015 by Nidus Academy of Music and Arts it is a joint effort of 500+ Musicians - current years students, old students, veteran music bands and young rock music bands of the country. The highlights of the event are the performances encompassing several genres of music including Rock, Pop, Country, Blues, Bollywood, Folk, World music, with state of the art line array sound reinforcement system, well coordinated stage lights that will bring in a niche high-end crowd of 15,000+ people per day.
Venue: AES Ground, Behind Doordarshan Tower, Ahmedabad.
Organized by: Nidus Academy of Music and Arts
Lineup:
Saturday – 7.February.2015
OPEN STAGE
11:00am – 1:00pm NAMA(STUDENTS) Various
1:00pm – 1:20pm House Of Rock,Bopal,Various
1:20pm – 1:30pm Jagjeet Saluja ,Beat Boxing
1:30pm – 2:15pm Ashwamegh,Experimental Rock
2:15pm – 3:00pm The 8th Octave,Bollywood Rock
3:00pm – 3:45pm Anonymous,Jazz Fusion
3:45pm – 4:30pm Udaan – The Band,Hindi Progressive Rock
4:30pm – 5:15pm Dakta Funk,Blues Funk Rock
6:00pm – 6:30pm Folk Cartel,GUWAHATI,World Folk Fusion
6:30pm – 7:00pm Melange,Accoustic Duo
7:00pm – 7:30pm Dipti “Freedom” Sharma,MUMBAI,Bollywood
7:30pm – 8:30pm De Nitish Pires Band,MUMBAI ,Indi Rock
8:30pm – 9:30pm Meghdhanush AHMEDABAD,Hindi Rock/Pop
9:30pm – 10:00pm River,AHMEDABAD,Classic /Glam Rock
Sunday – 8.February.2015
OPEN STAGE
11:00am - 12:30pm Various School Students Performance
12:30pm – 1:15pm Hait Parikh Solo Project,Pop/Punk/Electro
1:15pm – 2:00pm Pessimistic Graves,Post harcore/Thrash
2:00pm – 2:45pm Contravene,Metalcore/Djent
2:45pm – 3:30pm The Lotus Eaters,Progressive Metal
3:30pm – 4:15pm The Fix,Classic Rock
4:15pm – 5:00pm -1 Degree,Alternative/Metalcore
5:00pm – 5:45pm Apostrophe,Alternative Funk
HEADLINES:
6:30pm – 7:30pm Antriksh,SURAT,Classic Rock
7:30pm – 8:00pm Wizard Crossing,GUWAHATI,Neo Classical
8:00pm – 9:00pm The Family Cheese,MUMBAI,Blues Progressive Rock
9:00pm – 10:00pm Kontrablue,AHMEDABAD,Blues Rock
In talks with Kaviraj Thakur, Drummer and Vocalist from Ahmedabad. Be part of the music documentary being shot in Ahmedabad, To contribute, visit: http://s51.in/tcj
Even though today is the World Music Day, I celebrate it every single day of my life, cause it's the reason I'm standing..
Here is my musical journey and my love to the city Ahmedabad: The Connoisseur's Journal - A Music Documentary
"There are millions of hearts, who lived their life through books, and when they died, they became one."
With love and support of literature enthusiasts in Ahmedabad, SATORI has been able to live up to its name. Ahmedabad National Book Fair - 2013 brought the moment when every reader could freely connect to people with same ideas but different expression. Together they created the magic of life, the awakening, Satori.
Shot and Edited by
Jayrajsinh Chavda 'Aazad'
Sincere thanks to
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
and The organizing committee of Ahmedabad National Book Fair
The cyclonic night comes to an end with the best of off-roading. We are saved by a fraction of second as I stopped the car and a huge tree fell on the road. what an epic scene!
The look and feel is changed. One Evening, I won’t forget. Ahmedabad is trashed!
The look and feel is changed. One Evening, I won’t forget. Ahmedabad is trashed!
Ahmedabad, are you ready to dance, THIS HOLI?
I roamed around city to capture Navratri festival and it's music, myths, religious beliefs, celebrations, faith, beauty, lights and colors. from small streets to clubs, each place i visited, gave me something that i always wanted to portray in musical documentary i am making. the support and love from friends and people of the city is truly invaluable.
It’s a documentary film about Ahmedabad and their people and it's music of every kind. it is a journey through the music scene in modern Ahmedabad, India as well as portraying its cultural life.
However, its not done yet, i would be shooting musical events and local scene throughout the year. You may help by providing me information of upcoming musical events and celebrations.
Contact me on my e-mail id Jayrajsinh26@gmail.com
"Worked to Death" is a comedy written & directed by Bernard Dafney. It's a fun and moving tale about life in the office. The awesome cast is mixed with actors from around the world. Please come to the heartfelt, laugh out loud comedy, and bring your friends on June 30 and July 1st at H.K. College Auditorium, Ahmedabad.
Sometimes the best camera to shoot on is the camera you have. I don't own a camera, but I do click pictures from my mobile phone. and some of the photos taken by my Nokia N95 made it to 'Photo Exhibition on Traffic' and won 1st prize in mobile photo category. I am thankful to Ahmedabad police for taking such a great initiative.
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Indian Filmmaker, Theatre Arts Graduate, Music Producer, Writer, Film Editor, Anthropologist, Video Journalist, Environmentalist, Free Spirit, Hippie by Heart.
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- Jayrajsinh Chavda 'Aazad'
- I did my bachelors in Performing Arts (Theatre Arts) and consistently pursuing the calling of my dreams and vision, making films, rather, the creative aspects of filmmaking. Theatre also holds a huge piece of my heart, so I love spending my time either on a set, or on a stage. I am interested to make thought provoking cinema, films which is highly visual, grand, epic, cinematic style, with unconventional narrative structures breaking form, blending reality and imagination, fantasy, dreams, scientific, philosophical, metaphysical and humanistic ideas. What I make reflects my experiences in life, my emotions, my feelings about certain things, my stories and of course, the many worlds that reside in my imagination. So when I say "I make films" it just means that I am manifesting bits and pieces of me in a motion. What I write is simply an overflow of interactions I have with the brokenness of the human condition. Some of it comes in dreams, other times it emerges from seasons of sorrow, humiliation, warfare, joy and pain. I am endlessly creating myself with nothing but peace, positivity, and good vibes. I Have been living quite of nomadic-hippie lifestyle.
