‘Go to Ahmedabad’ shows the psychological struggle of an immigrant dealing with disturbing past events and contemporary issues with newly developed views.
Bhatt's poems deal with her understanding of diasporic identity. 'Go to Ahmedabad' is one of the best poems of Sujata Bhatt. Bhatt presents the journey of an immigrant understanding her identity, which is liminal but complete in its own space. Bhatt's following words on her identity echo 'Go to Ahmedabad' ā "Sometimes I see myself as Indian in the world, which is very vague, or someone floating in the diaspora. I also see myself as American, especially as I get older. I find my identity very problematic. I think I'm both Indian and American. I wouldn't like to think of myself as a half-person."
Go walk the streets of Baroda,
go to Ahmedabad
and step around the cow dung
but donāt forget to look at the sky.