Not that diary

I’ve probably been to Ahmedabad as a child but my first memory of the city was attending a university festival in CEPT in the late 1990s. The enthusiasm and pranks of college days combined with fun dance and antakshri nights make any city exciting and the same happened with A’bad. My first realistic take on the city was when I travelled there on work in the year 2000 and later continued to visit friends. I've always found it a well-planned, friendly city with lively residents who like to eat out, shop and wander around town in the cool summer evening and even late at night. The one thing that always impresses me are the young girls zooming around purposefully on their scooties. They are all identically dressed as mini-dacoits with jazzy sunglasses, colourful duppattas covering head, mouth, nose and long gloves covering their forearms. You wonder why? Well what better way to counter the impact of the heat, dust and unwanted tan! Ahmedabad is also the place for maska-b...