ahmedabad the city of ahmedabad is home to many prominent figures from across the globe so much so that it has become a melting pot of global cultures ideologies and perceptions but what brings them all together is their love for this city and this is exactly what the ahmedabad international arts festival aims at achieving with its citizens for the city event held at alphaone mall the whos who of ahmedabad joined in for a discussion followed by an artistic expression of their perception of the city keeping with the making sacred theme of this years festival each individual gave their views on the words ahmedabad sacred and divine and combined the three to form their vision of what makes this city the likes of environmentalist madhu menon poet and playwright chinu modi singer viraj amar art critic s d desai alliance francaise director philippe martin filmmaker abhishek jain and photographer parmanand dalwadi were among those who participated in the event ahmedabad to me is invigorating and energetic and i see a great mix of islamic hindu and jain architecture along with a blend of cultures this is what i put on my canvas said social worker tomo kawane s d desai recited a poem titled my city and philippe martin put down a verse by sufi poet bulleh shah at sacred cloths another event of the festival conducted by paulomi lalbhai at parijat studio in shahibaug amdavadis got to try their hand at block printing taught by local craftsmen