Event name: Billions in Change
About the event: A 2015 film directed by Manoj Bhargav on inventions that help the underprivileged access basic amenities like clean water, reliable electricity, and sufficient food
Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Arthshila Ahmedabad
How to attend: Open to all
Date and time: March 18 (Saturday), 5:30 pm
Billions in Change
Event name: Comedy night with Shreeja Chaturvedi
About the event: Stand-up performance by the comedian who is known for her straight face and animated hands
Venue: Bucky Gallery and Diner, Near Parimal Garden, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad
How to attend: Book here
Organisers: Bucky Gallery and The Comedy Factory
Date and time: March 19 (Sunday), 6:30 pm
Comedy night with Shreeja Chaturvedi
Event name: Vibin’
About the event: Performances by popular music bands and artists like Nucleya, The Yellow Diary, Prateek Kuhad, and so on, only for young people aged between 13 and 26 years
Venue: Karnavati University, Gandhinagar
Organiser: Karnavati University
How to attend: Book here
Date and time: March 18 (Saturday) and March 19 (Sunday), 4:00 pm
Vibin’
Event name: Flute performance
About the event: Performance by internationally acclaimed flautist and Padma Vibhushan recipient Pandit Rupak Kulkarni from Maihar gharana, who is also a disciple of Hariprasad Chaurasia
Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Arthshila Ahmedabad
How to attend: Open to all
Date and time: March 19 (Sunday), 6:30 pm
Flute performance
Event name: Mustang
About the event: A film set in a remote Turkish village that portrays five orphan girls playing with boys on a beach and their ‘scandalised’ conservative guardians confining them and trying to marry them off forcibly
Venue: Club O7, Shela, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Film Society of Ahmedabad
How to attend: Direct message here
Date and time: March 19 (Sunday), 12:00 pm
Mustang
Event name: Perfume Pairing Workshop
About the event: Interactive session with perfumer Rajiv Sheth to learn the basics of fragrance creation and evaluation, pairing, mixing, and matching ready-to-use fragrances
Venue: The French Gallery, Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad
How to attend: Register here
Date and time: March 18 (Saturday), 11:00 am and March 21 (Tuesday), 6:00 pm
Perfume Pairing Workshop
Event name: Reading session — Torre David’s Informal Vertical Communities’
About the event: The session will debate the characteristic features of Global South urbanisms, the potential of migrating knowledge across specific contexts and cultures, and critically observe the Latin American historical experience from within the Indian situation
Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Arthshila Ahmedabad
How to attend: Open to all
Date and time: March 18 (Saturday), 11:30 am
Event name: Chalo Banaye Kagaz
About the event: A workshop by Anupam Chakraborty on the process of making paper from the pseudo-stem of the banana plant and recycling paper along with watermarking and embedding techniques
Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Arthshila Ahmedabad
How to attend: Register here
Date and time: Maarch 19 (Sunday), 10:00 am
Event name: Narrating the India Story
About the event: The History Literature Festival 2023 with eminent historians, archaeologists, authors like Mallika Sarabhai, Uday S Kulkarni, Disha Ahluwalia and so on, with 10+ sessions into the histories of cinema and business like the Godrej Typewriter, delving into evolution of Hindustani music and ‘Indian’ cuisine, unravelling the stories of Gujarat’s royal families and truths from the archaeological and archival pursuits, etc.
Venue: Ahmedabad University, Commerce Six Roads, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Ahmedabad University
How to attend: Book here
Date and time: March 18 (Saturday) and March 19 (Sunday), 9:30 am to 8:00 pm
Narrating the India Story
Event name: Cat Show
About the event: A cat championship featuring more than 200 cats from different breeds like Persian, Maine Coon, Bengal, IndiMau, etc, with an exhibition on various cat-related products.
Venue: Gwalia Sindhu Bhavan Road, Sindhu Bhavan Marg, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad
Organiser: Feline Club of India
How to attend: Book here
Date and time: March 19 (Sunday), 12:00 pm
Cat Show