Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Because therapy needs trustICall the counselling helpline of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences often receives requests from callers for therapist recommendations Though the helpline has a database of counsellors on its website in December last year it started a broadbased initiativeIt laid down over 50 parameters in a shared document asking online users to contribute to it based on their experience of seeing a therapist Titled Mental Health Professionals We Can Trust the document mentions several criteria including the professional qualifications of the counsellors their area of specialisation approach if their clinic is diversityfriendly among othersldquoRecommending a counsellor is often not as simple as recommending a cardiologist because therapy is so personal Other forms of medicine are becoming egalitarian itrsquos time mental health followed suitrdquo says Paras Sharma programme coordinator ICall The helpline launched an updated version of the list recently with names from eight Indian states The document is open to contribution at icallhelplineorgBreaking bread with the studentMasterchef Australia judge Gary Mehigan posted a picture on Instagram over the weekend marking his visit to Season 1 runnerup Poh Ling Yeows restaurant Jamface in AdelaideFrom left Matt Preston Shannon Bennett Gary Mehigan Poh Ling YeowHe was accompanied by fellow judge Matt Preston and celebrity chef Shannon Bennett who makes recurring appearances on the show Mehigan wrote ldquoWhat a brilliant breakfast wersquove just hadrdquo saying he was proud of the Malaysianborn Yeow who has gone places since the show Good to see the showrsquos characteristic bonhomie offscreen tooIn support of a causeIt was World Cancer Day on Saturday and sufferers of the lifethreatening disease saw support coming in from all quarters While former Member of Parliament from North Central Mumbai Priya Dutt donated her hair for the cause cricketer Rohit Sharma put up a video urging people to get themselves checked regularlyRohit Sharma and Priya DuttThere were fans praising actress Lisa Ray for her brave fight against the disease while Yogi and mystic Sadhguru called for a deeper exploration of cancer which he likened to unknowingly touching a selfdestruct button More power to the cause we sayThe roastrsquos on youWhat seemed to be serious news about the Rajasthan State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission asking a doctor to compensate a man for wrongly treating him for HIV without confirming the disease turned into a series of jokes for twitterati For reasons unknown a television channel who reported the incident on the social platform chose to use a representative image of standup comic Tanmay Bhat doing a face palm to go with the storyTanmay BhatWhile his hands cover his face making it difficult to recognise him Bhat spotted the photo and tweeted to the channel ldquoThat looks like merdquo The channel had earlier used the picture in an article about a parody by Bhatrsquos comedy group While a fan suggested he sue the channel Bhat was forgiving and said he thought it was a genuine errorPicSatej ShindeMannequin challengeGlamour can be bizarre For a show over the weekend at the ongoing fashion week at BKC models were asked to ditch the regular ramp walk and act like mannequins The format allowed attendees to walk up to the models to take a closer look at the jewellery they were sportingThe grass and the classSuhail M clerk of the course to give him his proper title at Mahalaxmi is one relieved man now that the Derby is done and dusted with much like the club officials for whom itrsquos mission accomplished ldquoThe 1012 day rest to the track prior to the Derby gives us enough time to look after it water it The rising temperatures post January also means that the dew factor is absentrdquo shares Suhail in picHe adds that foreigners are surprised when told that the Mumbai race track hosts three racing days on average in a week during the season The clerk of the course says ldquoCentres in Japan the country has 29 race tracks for instance hold one racing day in one monthrdquo Racing enthusiasts will find it interesting that the grass at Mahalaxmi is known as Cynodon dactylon a fastgrowing and tough variety