While efforts by the ruling BJP that started the demand and campaign for the name change of Ahmedabad to Karnavati might have weakened, it is the RSS-backed student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) that continues to press for this name change.
Built in 1573, it was the "last great building in the Gujarati style before the Mughal conquest" (‘Ahmadabad’, Marg Publication) and is known for its 'jaali', the intricate stone lattice work on its windows.
On the 43rd foundation day of BJP, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that whenever BJP has formed a government, it has worked to promote Indian culture in the world.
Sethi uses the Thanjavur painting technique and mixed media gold foil, watercolour, semi-precious, and oil paint on canvas. Thanjavur style is marked by depiction of deities in rich and vivid colours coated with shining golden foil.
Widely established best practices were given short shrift. Standards of transparency have become abysmally low and respect for heritage is confined to a mask of bland statements that do not appear to have rigorous foundations.