Have a Purr-fect day
A pet cat with heterochromia casts looks as it gets a shoulder ride in Fort
Can you run from Borivli to Colaba in six hours?
If you think your commute to work is tiring, meet Borivli-based runner Joy Sharma (left) over humble pie someday. The 25-year-old marketing professional recently ran a 50 km route from Borivli to Colaba in six hours, to train for upcoming marathons in the city. “I wanted to push my limits, and set the record straight that training in the city is not impossible,” he told this diarist. While Sharma emerged unscathed from the unique challenge, he urges runners to follow measures like avoiding the use of earphones, and sharing your live location with family and friends.
Mumbai monsoon in LA
DJ Kratex at a performance
It was all Marathi at the Early Bird Coffee rave in Los Angeles on September 7. DJ Kratex aka Krunal Ghorpade’s latest single, Pavsaana, rocked the party floor. “It was quite overwhelming to see that response.
A moment from the coffee rave in Los Angeles. Pics Courtesy/Krunal Ghorpade
It has only been two weeks since the release,” Ghorpade shared. Having hit headlines with his previous hit, Taambdi Chaamdi, Ghorpade is now planning on his next set for a tour of USA and Canada in November.
Curtains on Magnetic Fields
A moment from a performance at the Alsisar Mahal at a previous edition of the festival. Pics Courtesy/Magnetic Fields Festival
The Magnetic Fields Festival will be calling an end to their 12-year-long run at the historic Alsisar Mahal in Rajasthan in 2025. “There are a lot of options out there — which of course, is great for everyone — but we want to stick to what we do best and what we always did differently,” says festival co-founder Sarah Elizabeth Chawla. Festival goers need not worry though. The space in the February calendar will now be filled in by the Magnetic Fields Nomads Festival at Khetri, Rajasthan from February 13 to 15. It will ‘challenge perceptions of what a festival can be,’ Elizabeth Chawla revealed.
A taste of home in Mumbai
(From left) Raktim Roy, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta and a guest at the supper
It’s not every day that a Chief Information Commissioner drops in for a bite in Juhu. For Raktim Roy, co-founder, Singju, the visit by Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS (Retd) Chief Information Commissioner, Assam was quite a surprise. “I have known him for almost a decade, but this was his first visit. He was delighted, and loved the food that reflected the ambience of Northeast India,” shared Roy. As for the meal, it was a traditional Manipuri thali with Iromba (a mixed vegetable stew with fermented fish), Ooti, and steamed rice that did the trick for the former IPS officer. “He definitely enjoys a meal that gives him a taste of home,” Roy told this diarist.
In the Greek proscenium
Suruchi Aulakh in a moment from the play. Pic Courtesy/Facebook
Two decades after it first opened at Prithvi Theatre, Ramu Ramanathan’s (inset) 3 Sakina Manzil — a story on the historic explosion at the Bombay Docks in 1944 — is now being read out in Athens, and in Greek as well.
“The play was suggested to the Analogio Festival, and is translated by Dr Sissy Papathanasiou and Ajay Joshi. While the festival has often picked ancient Indian plays, this is the first contemporary text that will be translated, and performed on September 21,” Ramanathan told this diarist.
