Mumbai Diary: Friday Dossier

The OG SupermanA worker unloads metal sheets from a truck at Ketkipada in DahisarThe memory of a Mumbai guardianPaul Murphy at podium addresses the gathered guests at the session Pic CourtesyThe Asiatic Society of MumbaiOn July 16 the Asiatic Society of Mumbai was the venue for a gathering of friends scholars and raconteurs remembering a fellow researcher Jim Masselos right The Australian historian and researcher who passed away on June 24 in Sydney was considered an authority on contemporary social history in India especially Mumbai The evening saw the Society along with Australian ConsulGeneral Paul Murphy host a tribute to Masselos alongside friends and peersldquoWe had invited people whom Jim Masselos was associated with who knew him to share their memories of what he meant to themrdquo shared Shehernaz Nalwalla vicepresident and chairperson Mumbai Research Centre Alongside Dr Manjiri Kamat and Dr Ramdas Bhatkal composer Aneesh Pradhan also shared his thoughts ldquoHe shared how Jim contributed with suggestions about books to read during his PhD yearsrdquo Nalwalla addedmidday features in Wisden 2025The cover of the Wisden Cricketerrsquos Almanack 2025 right Atul Kamble and Ashish RajeThis yearrsquos edition of Wisden Cricketersrsquo Almanack is in our hands and we are delighted that the bible of cricket has selected images shot by two of our staff photographers mdash Atul Kamble and Ashish Raje for their photo sectionKids playing in the rain at Shivaji Park PicAtul KambleKamble a WisdenMCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2013 winner has captured kids playing cricket in the rain while Sports Journalists Federation of India SJFI excellence in photography award winner Raje has a topshot image of three games of cricket being played on separate terraces in Lalbaug MumbaiThe Lalbaug terraces with three games of cricket PicAshish RajeElsewhere in the fabled yellow book midday gets mentioned in Chronicles of 2024 for their story about Afzal Shaikh and Hamza Khan guiding AnjumanIIslam Allana English School to a massive 6524 in just 37 overs in the Harris Shield competition before their opponents Oxford International School were bowled out for fiveMumbai to BengaluruIt will be a Mumbai August in Bengaluru this year The Bengaluru Poetry Festival that will commence on August 2 and August 3 will have a heavy city contingent leading it Actors Sandhya Mridul Danish Husain below filmmakers Devashish Makhija and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra will be among them ldquoI would also consider Jeet Thayil as much Bengaluru as Mumbairdquo said Aparajita Sankar festival manager The Mumbaiheavy curation was only incidental she added ldquoThis is our ninth edition of the festival and the focus has always been to celebrate the best of poetry Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend the festivalrdquo Shankar revealed For Husain the visit to Bengaluru will be spread across two sessions ldquoI will be performing one solo that I have titled Alfaaz Mujhse Juda Rahe for now My second session will be a joint one where I will share the stage with poets Saraswati Nagpal Amy Singh and Anwar Alirdquo he sharedPedal onVinod Rawat with his bike Pic CourtesyVinod RawatLast week this diarist announced that the Sir JJ School of Art Architecture and Design is conducting a special cyclothon titled Tour de JJ on July 13 Among the riders on the circuit was Vinod Rawat an amputee The sight of Rawat cycling alongside experienced riders sparked conversations and earned admiration from the community For the Chemburbased Rawat it is a moment of satisfaction ldquoI lost my leg in an accident as a child I did not get access to prosthetics till 2017 when I was 25 Throughout my childhood I felt like the dream of cycling was beyond me Now I do not miss a chance to enjoy itrdquo shared the cyclist who has also biked to Khardung La Pass in 2017