Mumbai Diary: Thursday Dossier

Casting a Wide NetFishermen hard at work reel in the dayrsquos catch off Bandrarsquos coastKeep crafts aliveThe Chitrakar Relief Sale is an initiative by Baro Market to support 10 master craftsmen and their families as well as students of their respective schools of art Its founder Srila Chatterjee explained ldquoWith art taking a backseat in the current status quo the makers of art have been severely impactedArt by Ramesh TekamThese are people whose heritage has been passed down through generations and is now threatened with extinctionrdquo The idea was conceived when one of the master craftsmen succumbed to Covid19 she addedA painting by Anwar ChitrakarThe craftsmen who have been handpicked by Chatterjee each practise a unique form of traditional art and have been recognised on national and international platforms You can view the sale and contribute to the cause at baromarketinFor the artisteThe pandemic does not discriminate on the basis of creed privilege or profession Everyone has found themselves vulnerable as have artistes Veteran vocalist Shubha Mudgal who we hear has successfully recovered from the infection and musician husband Aneesh Pradhan have taken it upon themselves to compile a list of artistes who have lost their lives to Covid19 The eventual aim is to plan welfare schemes though right now the effort is directed at gauging the loss the community has suffered because as Mudgal and Pradhan point out the powers that be have turned a blind eye ldquoArts organisations private and statefunded have done nothing to even collate information from the field let alone devise effective welfare and relief schemes It is up to us to do the little we canrdquo Mudgal saidPaying musical tribute to our nursesYesterday was International Nurses Day and the folks at Global Hospital Parel and Masina Hospital Byculla treated their nurses who work on the frontline with some muchneeded music therapy And who better than the homegrown Furtados School of Music to do this ldquoThe idea was born out of witnessing the angst and anguish around us We asked ourselves what we could do and decided to organise a musical activity to relieve some of the stress that these frontline workers were underrdquo Tanuja Gomes its cofounder told this diaristCelebrating five years of DecoAn archival image of Art Deco buildings facing Oval Maidan Pic courtesy Art Deco Trust MumbaiThe Art Deco Trust celebrated its fifth anniversary yesterday The Trust which works as Mumbairsquos guide and repository of the Art Deco style of architecture aims to cultivate and renew interest through its conservation and documentation activities In the past year they also began exploring new digital frontiers to showcase deco architecture in the city ldquoWe wanted to be in the mindspace of every Mumbaikar tell them about the style and make them appreciate its beauty We also wanted to acknowledge everybody who made this happenrdquo Atul Kumar its founder and trustee shared ldquoWe hope to continue documenting and conducting recees when itrsquos possible to do so and host more exhibitions and eventsrdquo he addedDirectorsrsquo callBudding filmmakers pull up your socks The Vintage Film Foundation which organises the Vintage International Film Festival Kolhapur is accepting entries for its 2021 edition Cofounder and chairman Sachin Bhoiraje shared that the festival provides a platform to local talent ldquoThe idea was to encourage filmmakers from small villages towns and cities to display their skills while learning the nuances of the craft from international cinemardquo To submit your feature film documentary short or music video head to viff2021 on Facebook