A magazine of ideas and concerns

Below is the index of old issues of AmdaVadmA. Few articles have been given in detail:

December 1979

From the editor's window
Public transport in the '80s
A metropolitan railway for inter-City transport
The first auto rickshaw more...
Social status and the rickshaw driver
The development of a great city more...
Participate!
For better or for worse ?
The stepwells of Ahmedabad
Chandola: a unique opportunity
Viman Darshan more...
The changing face of Garba
Swimming : sport for the masses
A fund in need
Hospitals in Ahmedabad
Ten years ago

February 1980

Letters
From the Editor's Window: A Model of Citizenship
Kasturbhai Lalbhai: The Twain Did Meet more...
TV for Whom ?
Two Channels or One ?
Plan 50 Years Ahead: An Interview with Maganbhai Barot more...
Era of Glory Begins: Ahmedabad History
The First: Electricity in Ahmedabad more...
Amdavadma !: A Photo Feature
Teen Darwaja: 1886-1980
Students in the Senate: What They Hope to Do ?
Shaking Minarets: Shaken Too Much ?
DDT for Lunch ?
The Moment of (almost!) No Sun
Then and Now: City Water Supply
Catalogue: Community Halls in Ahmedabad
Do You Know ?: For Children of All Ages

March 1980

Letters
From the Editor's Window
Ashram Road: Another Gheekanta ? more...
The Ashram Road Debate
The King who Valued Culture: Ahmedabad History
The First: Panther In Ahmedabad more...
The Problem of Toplawallas: How Upside Down Our View Is more...
The Right to Shelter: Report on Housing Seminar
The Best Example
Drumming Your Way To Singapore
Catalogue: Ashram Road Shopping Guide
AmdaVadmA Crosswords
Birds

May 1980

Letters
Multi-use Pavements
Amdavadma Marwadi more...
Developing Ashram Road ?
From the Editor's Window
Aiming High more...
Growing From the Roots: Some Thoughts of a New Resident
Why This City Is Where It Is more...
Rearranging Manek Chowk Complex: Canadian Students' Project
A Place to Sit and Earn: Report on Pavement Dealers Seminar
How Much Do We Spend ?: Finding of an S.P.I. Study
The First: Cinema Theatre in Ahmedabad more...
One Man - And A Dream
Ice-cream Story
Catalogue: Specialized Courses in Ahmedabad
Do You Know ?: For Children of All Ages
AmdaVadmA Crosswords-2

July 1980

Letters
From the Editor's Window
Water: Why Dharoi Hasn't Helped more...
'They've Made A dirty Mess of It. !': says Rafiuddin Shaikh
When Ahmedabad Was As Large As
London: Ahmedabad History
Ideas That Need Support: Sign Systems for Hospitals more...
Salarjung of Ahmedabad
Is There No Hope ?: A Planner Answers
The First: Sewer in Ahmedabad more...
A Short Sojourn at NID
Talent Search in Slums
Catalogue: Libraries in Ahmedabad
AmdaVadmA Crosswords
What Causes Dread Diseases

September 1980

Letters
Growth - which way ? more...
The drama of life
From the Editor's window
Sadvichar Parivar: Where relief work is development more...
What Sadvichar has done
Demystifying medicine
Problem of City expansion: The answer lies elsewhere more...
Monumental mistake
A short sojourn at NID - II
The First: College in Ahmedabad more...
Skating to glory
Poor theatre in rich halls
Catalogue: Cinemas in Ahmedabad
AmdaVadma Crosswords
Do you know ?
Colour me

December 1980

Letters
From the Editor's Window
What Makes Ahmedabad Explode? more...
Nal Sarovar: Birds or Tourists ?
Citizen vs Municipality: Supreme Court Judgement more...
Everybody's Messenger: How the postal system works
The First: Telephone in Ahmedabad more...
Football: Kicked around for decades
Ahmedabad as a Textile Consumer
Do You Know ?
AmdaVadmA Crosswords
Eggs Or Babies ?

January 1981

Readers write
Viewpoint
From the Editor's Window
Cover Story: Beware, you are being poisoned ! more...
Markets: Shopping under the sky
History: After the fall of Sultans a fine convalescence
Interview: Ahmedabad growing the wrong way : Stein more...
The First: Newspaper in Ahmedabad more...
Sports: Let the buds bloom
Do you know, Crossword
Children's science page

March/April 1981

Readers write
Viewpoint
Editorial: What are we destroying ? more...
'How backward can a doctor be ?'
'What hurts is the treatment'
Power crisis: When men and machines stagger more...
PM opens NFD campus more...
GIR orientation centre
Interview: Ahmedabad must stop growing : Stein
Sports: Boxing : Little talent, poor facilities
The First: Hotel in Ahmedabad more...
Hotels and restaurants in the city
Ahmedabad as a tourist destination
Catalogue: Police station areas
Do You Know, Crossword
Children's science page
Old & New: Manek Chowk

June 1981

Readers write
Viewpoint
From the Editor
Cover Story: Working under the sun more...
Reservation : the real issues
Why violence recurs in the city more...
Swaminarayan bicentenary: Focus on a little discussed aspect
of the much publicised celebrations
that drew large crowds
Doing things
A cobra tale
Unique exhibit
The first microphone more...
An intense involvement: A candid interview with the maker of a
Gujarati film that has attracted world
attention
Mean weather
Tennis prospects
Do you know, Crossword
Children's science page
Old and New

October 1981

Ah mad abad !
Readers write
Viewpoint
Concerns
From the Editor
Are we growing too fast ? more...
Is all well under the tar ?: Was it poor supervision at the time of
construction that necessitated year-long
repairs of Nehru bridge within 15 years
of being built ? An analytical study by
a structural engineer.
Priorities for the city more...
Cover Story: Will it remain a blueprint ?
Bernard Kohn's scheme
FDG proposals : plan and cross-section
Debate on River front development more...
Mayoral controversy
People
The art of the Kagdi: Hand-made paper from Ahmedabad was
in great demand abroad in the 19th
century. Prof. Makrand Mehta recalls the
glorious days of a dying craft.
Karate caution
The First Car more...
The discovery trail
Know your insects
Know your bird
Kubabul tree
The weather
Do You Know, Crossword
Children's science page
Old and New

January 1982

Letters
Concerns
Experience: A dog's tale
From the Editor
Cover Story: The Rs. 55379.79 lakh plan for our future. more...
Education: Passing without examination
People
The First: CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY more...
History
Happenings
Sports
Garage Facilities
Discovery Trail