Mumbai Diary: Friday Dossier

Bapparsquos ringside viewGanesh idols line this street in Dadar awaiting to be taken home by devoteesKhaki will welcome greenHeaded by social activist Amit Ajgaonkar the tree plantation initiative Ped Lagao Ped Bachao and cycling project Cycle Chala City Bacha have come together to plant trees in the compounds of 96 police stations across the city The idea is to turn these police stations into lsquogreen stationsrsquo In addition to this the project will also provide the police officers stationed within these areas with free mentalhealth sessions ldquoHaving lived in Dadar since 1995 Irsquove seen many trees being chopped down overnight I feel the next generation will not have a healthy life if we donrsquot do something like this While urbanisation is an important aspect of development there must be a balance in nature It will be really difficult for future generations to sustain if we donrsquot take these stepsrdquo said Ajgaonkar The project began on September 8 and several trees have already been planted in the compound of the Dadar Police Station with plantations planned in other areas soon ldquoOur next stop is the police station in Mahimrdquo added AjgaonkarPutting people with profitThe 115th Foundation Day celebrations of the IMC Chamber of Commerce amp Industry were marked recently Kiran MazumdarShaw executive chairperson Biocon said at the Foundation Day address over Zoom ldquoThe focus of business has now shifted to building a durable foundation for sustainable social developmentrdquo Shaw called this compassionate capitalism CCShawrsquos address took this reporter right back to 2010 when Infosys chief Narayan Murthy had spoken about his philosophy of CC to a wideeyed young audience at an institute in Matunga In these dark days it is good to know industry leaders are talking of the new way of business where people come above or at least go along with profit We hope more corporates say compassionate capitalism Well CC me on itA musical callThe Symphony Orchestra of India SOI is seeking Indian composers to submit works to be performed by their musicians ldquoThe SOI has always worked to provide a platform to showcase musical talent Our Call for Composers is another step in this direction allowing us to present the work of talented local composers to a larger audience Wersquove had a good number of responses so far with a diverse range of works submittedrdquo said Marat Bisengaliev music director of SOI To apply send a PDF score and audio MP3 of your composition with a copy of the first and last pages of your passportOCI card to soincpamumbaicom by September 12 To know more visit soimumbaicomMake way for artArt newsletter The Alipore Post has partnered up with the ReReeti Foundation and seven museums across the country to host a unique weeklong art challenge from September 13 to 19 which invites artists of all levels of expertise to send in their entries ldquoWe wanted to keep things really fun Wersquove picked out words from artworks in these museums as prompts for the artists to create their art around Wersquoll be posting these works on a daily basisrdquo Rohini Kejriwal founder of Alipore Post told this diaristHey there DJ play that song againAfter what seems like a whole century India is finally ready to welcome a travelling international DJ for the first time since the pandemic hit Events company Paradox is bringing down bigticket Russian artiste Nina Kraviz in pic in December to asyetundisclosed cities Speaking about the development Romario Rodrigues of music and art company Kranti Art Theory shared ldquoAs a promoter itrsquos exciting to see such a big name and itrsquos a really nice way to end the yearrdquo