Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Itrsquos a beautiful day to save livesKindness doesnrsquot cost a thing but itrsquos the richest gift you can give they say Midday photojournalist Satej Shinde witnessed the maxim come to life when Saleem Muleem a wastepicker took a great egret under his wing at the Carter Road promenade last weekend An immigrant who moved to the city from Bangalore in search of employment in 2021 Muleem told midday that the egret would have been vulnerable to attacks from stray dogs and aggressive crows had it been left unattended After spotting the egret near the Bat of Honour installation on Carter Road Muleem set on a journey northward to the Khar Danda fish market where the bird was released to its delight we are sure Some Parisian charm in BKCConsul General of France in Mumbai JeanMarc SeacutereacuteCharlet left with Aashika and Tanishaa CunhaThere is something about Paris they say and the Consul General of France in Mumbai JeanMarc SeacutereacuteCharlet would agree On his visit to the luxury store of Hermegraves at the Jio World Plaza in Bandra Kurla Complex SeacutereacuteCharlet could not help but be teleported to the streets of Paris Citybased designers Aashika and Tanishaa Cunharsquos new installation The Faubourg Fairground features mosaic designs and inventive creations that pay tribute to the Rue du Faubourg SaintHonoreacute in Paris ldquoThere is a street in Paris called Faubourg St Honoreacute that is considered to be one of the most fashionable streets in the world with its elegance ambience and charm They want to portray the same charm chic style and typical French elegance through its carefully thoughtout faccedilade and its tasteful collectionrdquo the Consul General told this diaristAn installation at the luxury store Pics CourtesyFranceBombay on X InstagramA song for womenActor Urmila Krishnan in a still from the music video Pic CourtesyYoutubeThe latest song from Raghav Meattlersquos label firstwav is not just a song Titled Beqarari the track sung by Aditi Raj and composed by Ashish Zachariah is based on the ghazal Beqarari si beqarari hai by Jaun Elia ldquoWe wanted to show the life of a sex worker and what happens once the working hours end The aspirations small joys and mundane stuff all includedrdquo shared Meattle who was involved in the execution of the idea with Zachariah and Raj ldquoWe made several visits to Kamathipura to understand how things work there We spoke to a few sex workers about their aspirations It was heartbreaking to learn that most didnrsquot have anyrdquo Meattle shared Nevertheless the song hopes to change that by including a link to raise funds for the NGO Kshamata and help women break the cycleRaghav MeattleSkate to the podcast partySameer Ansari and Brandon Turner discuss the sport during the episodeAmerican skateboarder Brandon Turner has a thing or two to say about Mumbairsquos growing skateboarding community In a new podcast series Turner sat across Mumbaibased skateboarder Sameer Ansari of Formiga Academy for a candid chat ldquoTurner made his first trip to Mumbai last month to judge a competition at the Carter Road skatepark He was amazed by the communityrsquos dedication so I pitched the idea of a podcast episoderdquo Ansari recalled The athlete who most recently bagged the Trick of the Year accolade with his switch hard flip trick in 2020 can be seen sharing tips about injuries recovery mentorship and physical fitness concluding with a promise to come back to the city with bigger plansGreat snakesSpectacled cobra right Pankaj JadhavNature enthusiasts got a peek into the lives of Mumbairsquos creepycrawlies at a World Snake Day seminar at Sanjay Gandhi National Park yesterday In addition to an introduction to snake species like the rat snake and the Asian water snake that can be spotted across the city field researcher Pankaj Jadhav busted some popular myths around the reptiles ldquoPeople often believe that offering milk to a snake will bring good luck Snakes belong to the class reptilia and have not evolved to consume milk In fact many even die after they are unethically fed milkrdquo he revealed to us Another myth that Jadhav believes has been popularised by Bollywood is the spiteful vindictive nature of the reptiles ldquoSnakes do not and cannot identify faces Let alone remember them and set out on a killing spreerdquo Jadhav laughed