Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier

Man naps on catA man catches 40 winks on his forklift truck at Marine LinesWalking on sunshineMeera Ganapathirsquos book draws from her walks across this city as well as other places Pics courtesyMeera Ganapathi and HarperCollins publishers IndiaIn the middle of a breathless work week we received a new book How to Forget HarperCollins Publishers India Written by Meera Ganapathi founder and editor of the literary and arts publication The Soup it takes readers along on her meandering trails in places familiar and new from the scented aisles of Dadar flower market to the aroma of chaat wafting on the sea breeze at Chowpatty the trumpeting of elephants in the Nilgiris or a food trail in TokyoMeera GanapathildquoI have always found walking to be the easiest way out of a problemrdquo she tells us ldquoBut the way we walk also defines the stage of life wersquore in and of course the state of mind wersquore inhelliprdquoGreen steps for peaceRepresentational piciStockTroubled by increasing strife and threats to the environment Join the march today to speak up for peace the Constitution and the environment of MumbaiThe ldquoCitizensrsquo march for peace the Constitution and the environmentrdquo has been planned to show how Mumbaikars stand united and determined in our efforts to counter hate and divisiveness as well as environmental destruction The march starts at 4 pm from Kotwal Garden Plaza cinema to Chaityabhoomi Dadar and is scheduled to wind up at 6 pmA statement from the organising group Mumbai For Peace says ldquoMumbai has resolutely seen off multiple storms from bomb blasts to terrorist attacks flooding to epidemics without letting go of its precious Mumbai spirit Its resilience glows like a lighthouse guiding Mumbaikars through each storm with unyielding hoperdquoAs organiser Sameer Wagle puts it ldquoThe Mumbai that we grew up in was a cosmopolitan liberal and plural city where Mumbaikars of different backgrounds happily coexisted We want to make sure that this is the same ethos that we leave for our children Mumbai For Peace is a humble attempt of concerned Mumbaikars to achieve this objective and push back the attempts to polarise communitiesrdquoAs the press statement says ldquoJinke dil mein aman aur pyar wahi hain sachche MumbaikarrdquoSo if yoursquore fed up and want to say so join inCut through staticSijyaNew Delhibased composer producer and graphic artist Sijya is all set to release her sophomore EP Leather amp Brass on September 12 via her new label One Little Independent Records The first single Tabla dropped earlier this week and is now streaming on all platformsA bold visceral dive into raw textures and unfiltered emotion Leather amp Brass marks a pivotal chapter in Sijyarsquos sonic evolution ldquoFinishing it was a long processhellip Painful and not just in the way that it is painful to make anything because it isrdquo Sijya says adding ldquobefore this EP I felt like I was messing about I didnrsquot think a career in music was possible This EP feels like the beginning of me trying to find a soundrdquoPS5 gets IndianisedA screengrab from the gameMumbais indie game studio underDOGS dropped the first look of Mukti their upcoming firstperson narrative adventure game for PS5 and PC Backing this project is Sony Interactive Entertainmentrsquos India Hero Project a regional initiative aimed at supporting and spotlighting emerging game developers from the subcontinent providing funding mentorship and technical support For underDOGS Studio itrsquos been a gamechangerldquoBeing a part of Sony India Hero Project didnrsquot just give us fuel to bring our vision to liferdquo says Vaibhav Chavan CEO and founder of underDOGS Studio ldquoIt also reaffirmed our belief that Indian stories belong on the world stagerdquoFounder Vaibhav ChavanMukti set in mid2000s India tells the story of Arya a young woman navigating a mysterious museum owned by her missing grandfather Players will be in Aryarsquos shoes as they uncover chilling truths about human trafficking an issue rarely tackled with this kind of depth in gamingMukti will be available in English and Hindi voice dubs mdash also the first time a PS5 game will launch with a Hindi dubSunny shows up at teammate Ismailrsquos funeral amidst hectic IPL commentary scheduleA file photo of Sunil Gavaskar PicSayyed Sameer AbediA late night at the IPL18 Eliminator in New Chandigarh notwithstanding never mind the midday flight back to Mumbai before heading to Ahmedabad for the Qualifier 2 on Sunday and final on Tuesday mdash but Sunil Gavaskar was in attendance at Mumbai teammate Abdul Ismailrsquos funeral in Andheri West on Saturday eveningldquoThatrsquos why he is differentrdquo remarked a fellow attendee as we watched the Indian cricket great offering his condolences to the fast bowlerrsquos friends and family which included his India Davis Cup player son AsifGavaskarrsquos pain was especially visible when he made his way out of the lounge after paying his respects to IsmailA former cricketer who was told to be ready at first slip for a catch recalled how Ismail was spoton with his own bowling strategy and sent an India probable back to the pavilion in the early 1980sHis bananaswing was deadly and he was an intelligent bowler like Gavaskar wrote in Sportsweek magazine when Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy under his captaincy in 197677 ldquoWhen a bowler like Karsan Ghavri is spreading panic it needs a bowler of intelligence to keep the other end tight This Ismail did perfectlyrdquoIsmail 79 played with so many cricketers who went on to play for India Only one witnessed his final journey