Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier

Up in the airThe evening sun sets over youngsters enjoying the outdoors and pleasant weather at Juhu BeachIn the name of loveHow far can you go for loverdquo asks Jalpa Vithalani of the Marine Linesbased Cosmic Heart Gallery The question is often asked but left unanswered As the gallery completes eight years since it opened its doors to Mumbaikars it brings a special audiovisual virtual exhibition that translates the messages of life and love captured in the documentaryA Million Steps for Loveby Sandra Korse Korse a documentary filmmaker captures the journey of 14 women to Jerusalem and celebrates the power of sisterhood in the film Speaking to this diarist Vithalani curator of the exhibition says ldquoIt eight years of the venue has been a journey that has made us inch closer to our vision of a world without borders Our expression of art culture music frequencies and togetherness has only one thought in mind to be able to reach people and bring a positive change in their lives And so we are delighted to present this latest project We have translated the film into a unique audio visual exhibition that can be viewed virtually on our website cosmicheartgalleryinfordquoThe third Gandhy generationItrsquos been a little over a year since gallerist Shireen Gandhyrsquos daughter Atyaan Jungalwala joined the team at Chemould Prescott Gallery ldquoShe is an interior designer and was working on our Bandra home and would often come to the gallery Since we were working together on the project it became a natural driftrdquo Jungalwala jumped into the thick of things by helping the gallery work through a new software But before you worry Gandhy specifies that there is no rush for Jungalwala to take over ldquoTherersquos a long way to go before I retirerdquoSmall group big heartWhen restaurateur Marzy Parakh launched Live To Give a WhatsApp group that encourages users to donate to the source directly little did he imagine that hersquod receive international recognition for it Parakh has been felicitated with the Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice 2020 Previous recipients include Kailash Satyarthi Malala Yousufzai and Leyla Talo an ISIS sex slave survivor Itrsquos the only award endorsed by Sister Prema the Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity the organisation started by Mother Teresa ldquoWatching thousands of individuals fund ration needs and hospital bills selflessly for disadvantaged strangers is a reassurance of the fact that technology and social media can play a phenomenal role in determining the greater good of mankind It is only a matter of choice whether you wish to use it to share spam or to relieve the world from its sufferingrdquo says ParakhKrishnayan makes an English debutWhen writeroratoractor Kaajal Oza Vaidya first penned Krishnayan in Gujarati in 2006 she had no idea how successful her book was to become The book which stitched together a compelling portrait of Lord Krishnarsquos final moments while exploring his relationship with four women Rukmini Draupadi Satyabhama and Radha went on to become the biggest bestseller of all times in Gujarati literature Till date it has sold over 200000 copies and has gone into more than 28 editions Vaidyarsquos mythological work is now being translated into English by Subha Pande for Eka Westland and will release later this month ldquoI had always wanted Krishnayan to be translated into English and now with Subharsquos wonderful translation the dream has finally come true I am hoping this book will reach nonGujarati readers who have been curious about the bookrdquo says Vaidya whose other works include YogViyog 2007 Draupadi 2011 Madhyabindu 2007 and Maun Raag 2007 ldquoIn the book the women ask Krishna questions that they otherwise couldnrsquot Here we get to see Krishna as a human being with flawsrdquoPistol and Blocker at both endsUmpires Paul Reiffel left Paul Wilson and Claire Polosak right inspect the field after rain affected Day One of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday PicGetty ImagesThe ongoing India v Australia Test at Sydney has two former Aussie Test fast bowlers standing as umpires If this is rare there are other aspects in the involvement of messrs Reiffel and Wilson which make for interesting trivia Both Pauls made their Test debuts against India Reiffel at Perth in 199192 and Wilson at Kolkata in 1998 Both are often greeted by their nicknames Pistol and Blocker Reiffel would be proud of his instrumental role in Australiarsquos historic 1995 triumph in the West Indies but he will also recall how he was on the field at the Adelaide Oval even before his 1992 Test debut at Perth Emerging from the showers later than his teammates 12th man Reiffel was taking his time to get changed when captain Allan Border asked him to get on the field soon When the Victoria pacer asked why Border punctuated his lsquobecauseIsaidsorsquo utterance with an expletive Border stayed back in the dressing room because he wanted to get on the phone with one of the selectors who had dropped his vicecaptain Geoff Marsh for the next Test The decision wasnrsquot reversed and Marsh didnrsquot play Test cricket again