Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Time to mask downThe clarion call to mask up seems to have set this man on the wrong track to safety in MaladMuseum tripping with insidersThe City Palace Museum Udaipur PicWikimedia CommonsWe may visit museums frequently but donrsquot get an opportunity to acquaint ourselves with the people behind its upkeep mdash the staff So a new initiative by the Museum Memories Project an oral history initiative by Varnika Designs aims to put the spotlight on these individuals through a series called Museum Musafir A Museum Insiderrsquos TaleEach story will be released as a film followed by a virtual QnA with the staff Their first partnership is with The City Palace Museum in Udaipur and founder Poulomi Das in pic shared ldquoWe wanted to highlight their role and make people realise that therersquos a lot that goes unnoticed in displaysrdquoTheyrsquore booked for a winBijal Vachharajani Jerry Pinto and Pankaj Kapur feature in the shortlistOrganised by Goabased publishing house CinnamonTeal Publishing the Publishing Next Industry Awards acknowledges all aspects of the publishing business mdash from books and their covers to authors and their editors The shortlist for the 2020 edition is out and it seems to be an exciting race Therersquos veteran actor Pankaj Kapur whorsquos been nominated for his debut novel Dopehri while Jerry Pinto has been nominated for My Daddy and The Well in the Childrenrsquos Book of the Year category Another big name is Ruskin Bond who is in the race for Illustrated Book of the Year while Bijal Vachharajani of Pratham Books has been nominated for Editor of the Year Winners will be announced on March 26 so watch this spaceA new tune for the recordA gig organised by Regenerate in 2020The idea of launching a record label is something that Bhishma Sagar owner of citybased music events firm Regenerate had been mulling for quite some time But the lockdown gave him added impetus to finally kickstart the project and hersquos now launched a label thatrsquos called Regenerate ldquoWe started thinking last year about what we werenrsquot doing in terms of promoting the music culture we stand for The label will release music by unknown artistes who might not even have played gigs yet but who still make really mature dance musicrdquo Sagar told this diaristA ton of art for everyoneStretched Bodies by Bose KrishnamachariThere is not one single artwork that can define Indian modern art Thatrsquos what Delhi Art Galleryrsquos DAG The Centum Series asserts The weeklong online sale that launches today offers 100 works by 100 artists that show the rich and varied depth of Indian modernism From works by J Sultan Ali and FN Souza to Rekha Rodwittiya and Bose Krishnamachari the selection too spans a period of approximately 100 yearsPlus all works are priced between one and Rs 10 lakh ldquoIt offers a great opportunity particularly for young collectors with its diverse range both in price and in quality You can get works from unknown artists wellknown printmakers paintings and sculptures by masters as well as masterly works by those lesser known to younger audiences It is a smorgasbord of art that has something for everyone and will not disappoint yourdquo said Kishore Singh head of exhibitions and publications at DAGDishing out for the diasporaPicAlisha VasudevThe South Asian diaspora is one of the largest across the world with a major influence on culinary practices To Desi from Desh is a virtual series by food researcher Ragini Kashyap of Third Culture Cooks that aims to journey through the stories of migrants who came to and left South Asia ldquoIt is an endeavour to explore our global culinary connectedness through a South Asian lensrdquo she explained Every month she will focus on one population and participants will receive information about that diaspora through recipes podcasts community participation QampA sessions and playlists ldquoWersquoll start by looking at Trinidad Tobago and Jamaica before moving on to Guyana and Surinamerdquo Want to hop on this trail Head to Third Culture Cooksrsquos Instagram page to register