Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier

Their field of heavenIgnoring the rain and the mud youngsters play football at the Mumbra TMC Sports ComplexBappa on the canvasChildren work on their canvas at the pandal in Mira RoadIF the arrival of Mumbairsquos favourite deity and the modaks were not reason enough for kids to rush to pandals the Shrishti Sarvajanik Utsav Mandal in Mira Road has turned to art for some added inspiration ldquoWe have had an art competition every year for the last five years Over 100 children participated this year on August 30 alonerdquo shared Devraj Shetty member With a diverse range of themes from a pollutionfree city environment and ideas to save water the children were offered a chance to put their ideas on the canvas ldquoThe paintings will be displayed at the mandal till the last day Anyone visiting the pandal can enjoy them On September 5 we shall award the winners of the competitionrdquo revealed ShettyA Californian OnamFrom left Tensed In not cut from the same cloth by Lakshmi Madhavan Pics CourtesyRajiv Menon Contemporary Art GalleryMumbaibased artist Lakshmi Madhavan inset is off to LA for Onam She will showcase two of her works mdash In not cut from the same cloth amp Tensed mdash at a special Onam exhibition at the Rajiv Menon Contemporary Art Gallery in Los Angeles on September 6 The first piece depicts the labour of weaving the kasavu it portrays the juxtaposition between its use in traditional festivities and the politics of caste class and social hierarchies hidden behind the fabricMadhavan who has Onam memories connected to the fabric and her Ammamma grandmother shared ldquoMy approach was to hold both of these truths together My attempt has been to use the language of kasavu not to romanticise but to question mdash what it means to inherit and celebrate something that is both luminous and laden with complexityrdquoDecked in eleganceSome of the cards from the deck Pic CourtesyAyushi SariaRetro is in vogue and Goregaonbased illustrator Ayushi Saria has tapped into it Her latest creation a playing card deck is an artistic fusion of Indian architectural elements and designs from the Mughal and Rajput eraldquoI saw the vintage deck online and was inspired to illustrate a few cards for fun When people started talking to me about it I thought of creating the entire deck and surprisingly it worked out wellrdquo the illustrator told usA helping handA moment from the session at Goregaon Pic CourtesyGully ClinicIn an effort to provide primary first aid treatment to residents of slums Gully Clinic a community health and wellness centre tapped into the festive fervour and joined hands with Ganpati pandals in Goregaon to conduct a health awareness and diagnostic event on August 31ldquoWe organised the event to treat people suffering from diabetes and blood pressure or diagnose and offer help to those unaware about their conditionrdquo shared Riya Sharma below programme manager at the clinic The camp received a turnout of 55 patients who underwent a series of medical tests guided by Dr Prajwal Kather Goregaonbased social doctor The camp aims to offer similar meetups twice every monthReturn of the Bandra zinesBack in August this page had carried news about the Bandra zine hub of Fluxus Chapel downing shutters on August 12 Now as we learn the popular zine space is making a comeback ldquoWe are just a building away from our previous location and plan to become an independent publication The new space will house various art and comic books while allowing people to showcase their workrdquo founder Himanshu Saini right shared He also plans to dedicate a wall to exhibit an artform or an artistrsquos work Check out fluxuschapel for more details