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An elephant enjoys its bath-time snack from its caretaker at Byculla’s Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan over the weekend.
Breaking new ground in Europe
The passing of Navina Sundaram (above) marks the end of a life that was rich with adventure and achievements. The niece of Amrita Sher-Gil, she was a writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Sundaram passed away on April 24. Filmmaker Merle Kroeger (inset), who has digitised Sundaram’s body of work in The Fifth Wall said, “Navina Sundaram was the kind of person you gladly devoted your attention to.” As the first woman of colour in a West Germany media newsroom in 1964, she made a key difference, the filmmaker explained. “Her focus lay on decolonisation in the global south, and racism and migration in Europe. She often said, ‘I am not interested in having power over people, but in having power over programmes’.” Kroeger believes Sundaram fought every inch for diversity in the media during difficult times.
So much more than aam talk
What’s summer without mangoes and mango-laced memories? Culinary chronicler Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal can’t stop thinking of her grandmother’s home-made aam papad. She recalled, “While growing up, we didn’t have special aam menus at restaurants. It was about how people got busy with the fruit at home — our terrace smelt of aam ka achaar, as we waited for hapus to polish off bowlfuls of aamras. Such cues from the past made us connect the fruit to nostalgia.” In an offsite talk and tasting session that was hosted by The Asiatic Society of Mumbai at Soam on Sunday, Ghildiyal shared her memories. Poet Mrinalini Harchandrai read out verses on mangoes and a curated menu by Saee Koranne Khandekar invited attendees to taste aam in varied flavours and textures.
London calling for Mithu Sen
City-based gallery Chemould Prescott Road will be part of Conversations on Tomorrow, an exhibition at London’s Sadie Coles HQ between May 11 and June 18. Artist Mithu Sen is excited to showcase her works, “Ever since Shireen [Shireen Gandhy, director at Chemould] briefed me that we are showing at London Gallery Weekend, I’ve spent the last few months working on a large drawing installation. That 150 galleries and so many artists can display their work in the real world after the pandemic — which seems (un)ending — is a boon in itself.” Her installation titled Until you 206 (top), contemplates the generic and un-manifested nature of violence.
Invoking seven colours of freedom
A queer culture festival called Satrangi Mela that was organised by restaurant chain Social yesterday, marked another step in creating safe public spaces for members from the LGBTQiA+ community. Besides dance, music, art and food and drinks, the highlight of the evening was a Drag King show. Pearl Daruwalla, inclusivity manager at Impresario, the hospitality firm that helms Social, said, “Often queer fests and events are meant for members of the community. This one was open to all and it allowed both members and allies to interact directly.
In august company
Sabyasachi Mukherjee (right) hosts a session at the inauguration of the CSMVS Children’s Museum in March, 2019
In news that will bring much cheer in its hundredth year, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) added yet another feather in its cap. Sabyasachi Mukherjee, its director general, has been elected as an international honorary member at the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mukherjee shared with us that he believes the Academy, “As a unique platform for great minds, will foster universal values and human ingenuity while encouraging a simulating dialogue on our shared human history and cultural heritage.” The Academy convenes leaders across fields to explore novel ideas and address global concerns, and Mukherjee’s election attaches his name to a long list of changemakers such as Charles Darwin, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein and Akira Kurosawa among others.
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