The City Arts Project, Abhivyakti, is a unique art and cultural event held in Ahmedabad. Now in its seventh edition, the project brings together emerging and established artists from across India. When it was launched in 2018, the idea was to provide independent artists with a nurturing space and to feature local stories and talent through an approach-and-curate method. In subsequent editions, the founders have invited fresh concepts while providing mentorship and financial support for premieres of selected productions. Harsh Gohel, a student reporter at The Voices, visited the exhibition this year and witnessed a broad array of cultural expressions.…

A month after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into the hostel premises of BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, on June 12, as families of the bereaved try to pick up the pieces of their lives, The Voices visits the site of the crash and talks to the eyewitnesses who live and work near the Medical College. The site of the crash has largely been cordoned off for the general public. Ahmedabad police have installed barriers near the front gate, not allowing easy access to the area. People around talk of the tragedy, many reliving the moment an aircraft takes off or…