Keeping things on track

A lineman braves the dark to oversee late night operations on the tracks near Bandra Terminus. 

Tharoor’s on a roll

Shashi Tharoor poses with the fellowship medal. PIC COURTESY/THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI

Shashi Tharoor was in for a busy day, or should we say an unremitting cascade of obligations over the past weekend in Mumbai. Before the grand release of his book at a SoBo venue on Saturday, Tharoor dropped by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai (ASM) in Fort to receive an honorary fellowship in person. A small ceremony saw Dr Tharoor accept the fellowship medal and citation (which was previously conferred in absentia). The senior politician and author was all praise for the 1804-established institution, ASM vice president Dr Shehernaz Nalwalla revealed to this diarist. “He expressed his admiration not only for the impressive building, but also the work we are doing in digitising literary and cultural treasures for generations to come,” she told us.