A Hunger:( for one's existence)

'अस्तित्वाची भूक'

Last year ended with my fiction film's shoot. My shooting took place at children's crematorium ground which is located just next to NID, on the banks of Sabarmati river. The story is inspired by one incidence told by my Aajoba (grandpa). The film questions the beliefs of human being who has closed himself in his set of rules and thus is giving more priority to the dead person's soul than a hungry living child. Just shooting part is over and next month I will start editing it. Last year I lost my Aajoba. But I will always follow his thoughts with me...I am dedicating this film to him. During conceptualisation of the script for the film, I wrote a poem. Here is the poem in my mother tounge"MARATHI"

Making Ahmedabad a World Heritage City

The Walled City of Ahmedabad has ingredients to be a successful Heritage city within a city.

What is needed is a visionary master plan and immediate implementation.

The good news is the thriving heritage of the city in the form of ‘pol houses’, and active preservation efforts happening at an individual level.

The bad news is that much is still in great danger of loss. The downright ugly news is that much has been lost already and is getting replaced by structures with minimal care for context.

Ahmedabad requires master plan regulation to direct its future development in healthy, contextually-sensitive ways to improve the city,
rather than tear it apart.

This film can be viewed here: