Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier

What are you hawking atA hawker at his stall in front of a Lamassu sculpture at the Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia Clock Tower on Perin Nariman StreetLittle Master Sunny Gavaskarrsquos big bashHersquos the Little Master in cricketrsquos big beautiful world but when Sunil Gavaskar decides to get all his friends teammates mdash past and present yes present since he is part of a commentary team mdash under one roof it can never be a little celebration of friendship It was ldquoa soireacutee of close friendsrdquo as a longtime pal put it after he left the Indus Club at Bandra Kurla Complex on Thursday nightHost Sunil Gavaskar shares a lighter moment with a friend as exIndia teammate Mohinder Amarnath right joins in the fun PicsClayton MurzelloIf one carried a list of firstclass players who donned Mumbai and India colours to the party it would have been filled with ticks to mark them present Chandrakant Patankar 92 and Nari Contractor 89 were the seniormost Test players to make itOf course there were a few absentees but from Mohinder Amarnath to Yajurvindra Singh and in between they were all there from the Test playersrsquo lot A host of former teammates from Gavaskarrsquos domestic club and even school and college cricket days didnrsquot miss being part of a good day for cricket A handful from the media too came along and one spotted actor Nana Patekar enjoying the eveningExIndia players Kiran More and Balvinder Singh Sandhu strike a poseNostalgic runs were scored wickets were taken in the form of legpulling and a sudden shower of rain made the wicket livelier Anshuman Gaekwad and Yajurvindra Singh looked like the last pair to make their way to the centre straight from the airport after their Bengaluru trip for an Indian Cricketersrsquo Association meeting all confident and bubbly to hit the winning runs BKC was the place to be on Thursday eveningBronte or HooverA previous event at Scribblerrsquos TribeLest you forget that itrsquos Womenrsquos Month Scribblers Tribe a literature tech company will be hosting a Women in Literature online discussion with St Xavierrsquos Language Lab head Jyoti More this Sunday It will highlight how women authors have impacted literature and the distinction in their writing across different periods An interesting point of discussion that the event will dive into ponders whether Charlotte Bronteuml would write like Colleen Hoover if born in this eraOffering a snippet of the session founder Sharon Lobo inset said ldquoI think Bronteumlrsquos writing would be more challenging than Hooverrsquos If Bronteuml wrote today she might have incorporated diverse perspectives and identities like people of colour LGBTQiA individuals or people with disabilities and explored their societal experiences and challenges considering she advocated for womenrsquos rights during those times Talking about language and structure Bronteumlrsquos writing tends to be more ornate and complex while Hooverrsquos is more direct and conversationalrdquoFinding some sukoon in the busy cityPic courtesyKaran MehtaHubbub of honking cars and people talking over each other filled the room while this diarist sat down to write As everyone says Mumbai never sleeps we can also agree that the city never takes a breather from its continuous commotion Hence the search for a peaceful hideout in the city made us smile when we learnt about a new art studio Sukoon that opened in Versova by content creators Manav Chhabra and Unnati MalharkarThe space displays pottery and paintings of smallscale artists Pic courtesyShwet ParekhldquoAt Sukoon we will be curating a lot of art specific events at the studio to offer artists a platform to showcase their talent It will also be open for exhibitions shoots events and screenings among othersrdquo the creators explained Its walls are donned with murals and paintings while shelves are laden with pottery work of smallscale artists who attended the launch on Wednesday The founders called it a safe space for every art medium ldquoWhether itrsquos magazine or influencer shoots art exhibitions workshops events brand shoots dance or singing practice and recordings it is open to allrdquoItrsquos back after 50000 yearsThe comet was first spotted in November 2022 Pic courtesyParesh KokateWhile many completely missed the rare phenomenon Stargazing Mumbai a stargazing events company revealed that Comet C2022 E3 ZTF is no longer visible in the Mumbai skies from now on The celestial body has an orbital period of 50000 years and was last visible to the naked eye in the Ice Age ldquoThis comet is considered a longperiod comet which means it has most likely come from the outer reaches of our solar system called the Oort CloudThe place has only been theoretically predicted due to the existence of comets like C2022 E3 ZTFrdquo Mandar Paripurna inset chief technical officer told us Suggesting more such occurrences the young astronomer said that Mumbaikars can spot the Venus and Pleiades Conjunction on April 11 The platform will also conduct special events for the Geminids Meteor Shower on December 13The next actDivya Palat and Aditya Hitkari know something about being relevant Their content agency Balancing Act completed two decades this year Their secret Foraying into new formats and films with the aim that Palat and her husband started the company mdash to tell a damn good story Palat shares ldquoWhen you step into new forms of content you become entrepreneurs all over againrdquo Among films in progress Palat reveals shersquos writing one called Jee Le Apni Zindagi And it all started with marketing her parentsrsquo authors Pushpa and Raghu Palat book The Case That Shook The Empire Itrsquos now being made into a Karan Johar film featuring Akshay Kumar ldquoThe lovely thing about a story is when people engage with itrdquo Palat says en route to shoot an ad with Ranveer Singh In our books an afternoon with Singh is a fab way to celebrate their 20th