Noted urban planner and architect Yatin Pandya literally offered a taste of the real Ahmedabad to our group of 11 young participants from the city, many of whom had never visited 'the other side of Ahmedabad' before. It was amazing to see the zest with which the participants trod along the hot, dry lanes of old Ahmedabad in the blazing summer sun for four trying hours. "I've lived in Ahmedabad for 25 years and never felt the need to explore the old city before. I'd only seen a college in the old city while passing by it once," one of our group members, Jignesh, who had also participated in the OS-A art camp earlier said. The objective of the walk was like all our other events: to get a group of 'un-likeminded' youths together -- youngsters practising different professions, religions, cultures -- and introduce them to the diversity that exists in their own city, one that they have never known for lack of time or interest. We took the ro
ute: Nehru Bridge-Sidi Saiyad mosque- House of Mangal Girdhar and Vijlighar – Bhadra Citadel - Chabutaro (Bird feeder) - Dhalgarwad (clothes market, flower market, spice market, vegetable/fruit market, utensils market) - Pols (residential precincts) Hari bhakti ni Haveli, Devji Saraiya, Lakha Patel, Manek chowk- Rani no Hajiro, Raja no hajiro- Ahmedshah (founder king of Ahmedabad) and queen’s tomb - Jami mosque- Teen DarwajaYatin Pandya with group member Gopal in an Ahmedabad 'pol' (top) and with others in Sidi Saiyed Mosque
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