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Amdavad Blues: 15 Tales of Heat, Heart & Hustle from the City of Pols, Pyaar, and Pakwan
Paperback
Series: Heartbeats of India, Book 9
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 26 2025
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Ahmedabad is not just a city. It is a rhythm. A raga of rickshaws and temple bells, of steaming khaman and crackling kite threads, of ancient havelis whispering to glass towers under the same blazing sun.
In these fifteen stories, the city comes alive through its people - a food delivery rider racing against time and thunder, a ninety-year-old woman guarding her crumbling pol against the march of progress, an Uber driver and a corporate HR head discovering unexpected truths at a midnight traffic light, and countless others whose lives carry the pulse of Amdavad.
With humour, poignancy, and the unmistakable flavour of Gujarati wit, Amdavad Blues journeys through crossroads where heritage collides with modernity, and where every street corner tells a tale stitched with paan stains, kite strings, and the eternal hum of enterprise.
This is not merely a book of stories. It is an ode to a city that thrives on paradox - where silence walks beside chaos, where ambition wrestles with morality, and where the soul of the old lingers even as the new rises.
For anyone who has ever wandered through its pols, savoured its street food, or simply been caught in its traffic, these stories are Ahmedabad itself - tender, restless, resilient, and unforgettable.
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