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Maskless in Matunga
The only rider in this photo exempt from wearing a mask is the four-legged guy. Commuters in Matunga flout COVID rules despite growing cases.
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A start-up story
Most city-based foodies would be familiar with The Bohri Kitchen, an innovative home-dining concept that invites diners to savour Bohri food and be hosted by a Bohri family. Few know that its founder Munaf Kapadia, quit his job at Google to run this start-up. Even fewer know that this wasn’t Kapadia’s intention at all. “The Bohri Kitchen actually started out as a work project at Google, which tied in my mother’s excellent cooking with my desire to experiment with Facebook advertising. I was keen to see what it would take to create a social media-based brand,” he shared. In his new book, titled How I Quit Google To Sell Samosas, Kapadia wants to encourage others to pursue their dreams, while addressing common stereotypes about founding start-ups, such as the importance of quitting your job cold turkey or creating a start-up that will culminate in a billion-dollar enterprise. The lessons in the new title are sprinkled with humour.
JJ in America
A still from Coming 2 America
Couturier JJ Valaya has joined hands with Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E Carter of Black Panther fame, for the rom-com, Coming 2 America. The movie, which released last week, is the sequel to the 1988 cult classic, Coming To America.
“A theatrical production is much like an Indian wedding, while African society is quite similar to ours in terms of its splendour. It was thus simpler to understand the scale that this project required,” Valaya shared. He has put together 18 outfits based on initial designs created by Carter.
Not giving up on giving back
Powai Run won’t witness people running together on the road this year
The 10th edition of Powai Run, the annual marathon held in the suburb, will witness the event going digital for the first time, due to the pandemic. The run was conceptualised in 2012 over a brainstorming session for a rock music show, which eventually never did take place. This year, participants have to download an app, which will track their running routes and times in their own vicinity. Those who sign up have time from March 14 to March 21 to complete the run. “The reason we decided not to shelve the marathon this year is that all the proceeds from it go towards charity. There are different NGOs we work with in the fields of health and education, and all these projects need money, more so after the pandemic. That’s why we came up with the motto of ‘Not giving up on giving back,’” Parul Gupta, one of the organisers, told this diarist. Log on to thepowairun.com and put on your running shoes.
The need to work out a solution
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Talk about irony. Right before International Women’s Day, a dating app’s study among its millennial users across Indian cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata has revealed that 79 per cent of the women feel that they need their partner’s permission to prioritise on their career. Moreover, half the male and female respondents said that they would not want to challenge typical gender roles in love. But on the bright side, 88 per cent of men and 93 per cent of women feel that the responsibilities of running the home and raising children should be split equally among partners. Also, 79 per cent of the men allow their partner freedom in the relationship. We salute this last group.
Page to screen
Apeksha Rao’s book, Along came a Spyder, is ready for a new journey. The thriller for young adults that was released in 2020 is all set to be adapted into a multi-season web series by Abundantia Entertainment. Rao told this diarist, “Seeing my characters come alive on screen is definitely an exciting feeling. The book is a fast-paced, thrilling adventure that revolves around a teenager’s grit and determination to pursue her dream of becoming a spy. I’m positive that the youth will thoroughly enjoy this adaptation.”
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