Gujarat this week: Conferences, film screenings and much more

About the Event: Highlighting the rich and diverse collections from all over the world exhibited at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, two state-of-the-art buses will travel extensively in the city, suburbs, and rural areas of Gujarat. The annual Gujarat tour will see the buses parked at prominent locations across the state. Join them to experience the iconic collections, and participate in immersive hands-on activities of block printing and coin-making.

Organiser: CSMV, Mumbai in collaboration with LD Museum

Venue: LD Museum, LD Institute of Indology Campus, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad

How to Attend: Open for all

Date and Time: Gujarat tour from April 16-27, in Ahmedabad on April 16 from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm

Event Name: Heritage Walk 2023 – A walk towards drug-free future

About the Event: CM Bhupendra Patel will flag off the walk. It is aimed at raising awareness among the youth about the ill effects of drug addiction

Venue: Swaminarayan Temple, Kalupur, Ahmedabad

Organiser: Sneh Shilp Foundation in association with Ahmedabad city police

How to Attend: Free

Date and Time: April 16, 6 am
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It is aimed at raising awareness among the youth about the ill effects of drug addiction

Event Name: International Conference on Pandemic and Urban Governance – Changing State-Society Relationships and Learning from Covid-19

About the Event: With sharpened inequalities of wealth/poverty, and differentially changed state-society relationships during the pandemic, the conference aims to reframe urban governance discourse. Studies exploring these issues will be discussed in this two-day conference

Venue: Room 113, School of Arts and Sciences Building, Ahmedabad University

Organiser: Ahmedabad University

How to Attend: Register here

Date and Time: April 19-20, 2023, 9:30 am to 5:15 pm

Studies exploring these issues will be discussed in this two-day conference

Event name: Film Screening – The Story of Yonosuke

About the event: The screening of a coming-of-age story based on the novel Yokomichi Yonosuke by Shuichi Yoshida. The film is about an 18-year-old boy in 1987 Japan, who arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki to join a university. Years later, he is remembered by a number of people who reflect on how this boy affected their lives.

Venue: Club O7, Shela, Ahmedabad

Organiser: Film Society of Ahmedabad

How to attend: Book here via direct message

Date and time: April 16 (Sunday), 12:00 pm

Event name: ‘Red Light Histories’ for Perspectives

About the event: A talk with Manjima Bhattacharjya, a feminist researcher, writer, and activist, on the zones demarcated for sexual commerce, and how they emerged and transformed with changing waves of moral panic and State regulation

Venue: Balwantrai N Brahmbhatt Lecture Hall, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Organiser: CEPT University

How to attend: Open to all

Date and time: April 18 (Tuesday), 6:00 pm

Event name: Wakaliwood- Slum Cinema Studio

About the event: An exhibition showcasing the photographic collection of French photojournalist Frédéric Noy who spent almost three years in the alleys of the Kampala slum of Wakaliga (Uganda) and captured the shooting of various action movies written, directed, and produced by Nabwana Issac Godfrey Geoffrey with the local residents and equipment under a budget of $200

Venue: The French Gallery, Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad

Organiser: Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad

How to attend: Open to all

Date and time: Inauguration on April 21 (Friday), 6:00 pm; April 22 (Saturday) to May 7 (Sunday)

An exhibition showcasing the photographic collection of French photojournalist Frédéric Noy who spent almost three years in the alleys of the Kampala slum of Wakaliga (Uganda)