Jewel in the sea
The Bandra Worli Sea Link is lit up with a tribute to the Mumbai Fire Service, as viewed from Dadar beach at dusk
Paw-traits to cherish
A series of images dedicated to Indian streeties
Award-winning photographer, Dimpy Bhalotia turns her lens to India’s indie dogs in a new series shot across Mumbai and other cities.
A visually striking photo of two dogs at Marine Drive. Pics courtesy/Dimpy Bhalotia
Drawn to their quiet presence, she captures them as part of the street’s everyday life rather than separate from it. The images are candid, shaped by timing and instinct more than planning.
Dimpy Bhalotia
“They don’t perform or pretend, they simply exist, and in that there is a kind of honesty we don’t always see,” said Bhalotia. Check out @dimpy. bhalotia for the full series.
A city’s loss
A roll of recycled thermocol. Pic courtesy/5Rcycle
Mumbai will lose one of its few thermocol recycling units as 5RCycle shuts its plant in Malad due to high costs and poor returns.
Despite processing up to 8000 kg every month, it ran at a loss. “The shutdown is likely permanent, especially since CSR funding support has stopped,” said Sachchivanand Chaturvedi (inset), founder of 5Rcycle.
Celestial search for joy
A moment from the play, Mission Joy. Pics courtesy/Small Tales
Of the millions of people inspired by the recent Artemis II mission, we took note of a children’s theatre group Small Tales. Speaking about their own little mission; Mission Joy, the co-founder of MYNA Academy of Performing Art, Arti Havaldar (right) tells us, “It was a play about unhappy/gloomy aliens who came to Earth from a planet called Sad Planet, to find happiness.
It was a magnificent show that celebrated our students and their teachers.” The houseful play that took place on April 17 at Balgandharva Rangmandir Auditorium in Bandra West, saw the participation of kids as young as five years old.
A true fan
Hetii Desai. Pic courtesy/Hetii Desai
At just 22, Hetii Desai, a Mumbai-based creator, has spun her fandom into a full-blown anthem for the Mumbai Indians, titled A New Mumbai Anthem. It was written, sung and shot across the city in a matter of days by her and composer Jagdish Vaswani. “My dad is a CSK fan; my mum loves RCB, and I ended up loving Mumbai Indians because of my love for bowling and, in a way, Jasprit Bumrah,” Desai told this diarist. Head to @hetiiblabberz for the song.
