The city - sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
Pic/Ashish Raje
For his darlings
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A man shoots a picture-perfect frame of two kids near the Old Woman’s Shoe in Kamala Nehru Park.
Queer talk
A Language is a Queer Thing event held in Birmingham, UK
Is your language enough to represent you? An upcoming residency at NCPA will witness six queer Indian and UK poets — Megha Harish, Anil Pradhan, Sanah Ahsan, Garfield D’Souza, Ife Grillo and Amani Saeed — approach the ‘queer-ing’ of language to better reflect themselves. Titled Language is a Queer Thing, it is supported by British Council as part of the India/UK Together Season of Culture, in partnership with The Queer Muslim Project (TQMP) and Verve Poetry Festival. Rafiul Alom Rahman, founder, TQMP, said, “It gave emerging Indian writers the opportunity to network with seasoned UK experts to produce new narratives about being queer and Indian.”
On the Mani
Filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s early years and career were shaped by the city of Mumbai. After a long time, he will return as chief guest for the Indian Screenwriters Conference between November 10 and 12. Zaman Habib, convenor, informed us the conference will focus on creating great stories for the screen. “He is the right person to discuss good cinema and writing. After all, he is a great director and writer.” Another big name on the roster of attendees will be Baahubali creator, KV Vijayendra Prasad.
Power of a book
Raviraj Shetty reads out to a kid
Are children born resilient? Mumbai-based therapist Raviraj Shetty from Narrative Practices India — a collective that explores narrative ideas to nurture mutual accountability — says no. “Children learn resilience. And picture books can become a medium to inculcate in kids the ability to bounce back from adversities. One of the building blocks of resilience is a nurturing relationship with an adult whom they trust. For instance, in Deepa Balsavar’s Nani’s Walk to the Park, little Venki cherishes that relationship with their Nani,” Shetty said, drawing from his decade-old interactions with tweens. In a workshop next week for parents and educators at Kahani Tree in Prabhadevi, Shetty and his colleague, Jehanzeb Baldiwala, will discuss the power of picture books beyond the lens of literacy.
There’s been some shuffling in the museum
The museum gift shop’s new home
When this diarist reached Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) last Sunday to buy city memorabilia from the museum gift shop, she was disheartened to learn from the security staff that the main outpost near the ticket counter was closed. On further enquiry, about an alternate location, we didn’t receive much help. The sudden disappearance worried us. “Both shops are very much around; the collection has been moved to temporary homes within the museum building due to repair work,” assured Joyoti Roy, head of museum marketing, adding, “Visitors can find the offerings on the ground floor as well as in the first floor extension building, closer to our galleries.” We wish the security staff was better informed, or that visible signage was installed to direct us (like many others) who had dropped by on a busy Sunday.
Get ready for another music gala
Artistes who are part of the festival line-up
Yet another music festival is ready to get Mumbaikars in the groove. The Parx Music Fiesta by Raymond Limited will take place in the third week of November and it promises to be a visual spectacle featuring artistes like Amit Trivedi, Salim-Sulaiman, Benny Dayal, Euphoria, Indian Ocean, Swarathma and When Chai Met Toast. “Music is a universal language that brings people together and defies all barriers. This is our endeavour to create a unique fest for India, now that live performances are back after two years. The listeners will enjoy the best of Indian music in the backdrop of the sprawling ground. We believe in creating an exciting intellectual property which will only grow bigger from here on,” said CMD Gautam Hari Singhania.
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