From the pioneers of the Indian art world to Mumbai’s cool streeties, here’s a curated guide of themed calendars and journals that can liven up your desks and walls
Soona Mahal, Marine Drive on Art Deco’s calendar
Deco dekho
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With their rounded corners, sleek streamlined façades and ornate grills, Art Deco buildings are one of the prettiest elements in Mumbai’s skyline. As an ode to this architectural style, Art Deco Mumbai has curated a two-year calendar that features 24 Deco neighbourhoods and 24 Deco gems. Founder trustee Atul Kumar shares that the 2022 and 2023 calendar was designed to highlight the way the architectural style is prevalent across so many neighbourhoods. “From Girgaum to Colaba, and Chembur to Matunga, every month you get to savour a new neighbourhood and building. For each building, there’s a brief section on history and trivia.”
Log on to @artdecomumbai on Instagram
Cost Rs 225
A pawsome year
Meet Tinkle who was adopted during the lockdown
Let puppy eyes and kitty paws guide you in the new year, courtesy the Welfare of Stray Dogs’ (WSD) new calendar. Titled Home Forever, it features dogs and cats, who have been adopted from WSD, in their homely habitats. Available as wall and desk calendars, the proceeds from their sale will help the non-profit with its sterilisation, immunisation and healthcare programmes. The calendars can be picked up or couriered from a number of locations across the city and suburbs.
Log on to @wsdindia for list of locations
Cost Rs 250
Art on your mind
The JNAF journal
Add some art to your everyday tasklist with a little help from some of the biggest names in the Indian art world. The Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation has created a handy journal for 2022 which features a painting persona each month. “It comprises works by Krishen Khanna, Anju Dodiya, Sudhir Patwardhan, Anupam Sood, Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee, Jehangir Sabavala, and Rekha Rodwittiya, among others,” says director Puja Vaish.
Log on to @jnafmumbai
Cost Rs 450
On a coastal trail
Otters feature in the month of May. Pic courtesy/The calendar
In Mangrove Foundation’s calendar, every month, Ishaan — a character from Katie Bagli’s delightful book Ishaan’s Treasures — will introduce you to new species and trivia from coastal Maharashtra’s marine and mangrove world. Pick up a copy from their Airoli centre.
Log on to @mangrove_foundation
Cost Rs 350 (desk); Rs 600 (wall)
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