30 October,2026 09:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Pic/Atul Kamble
Parents watch proceedings during a boys' U-16 league cum knockout stage match at a Dreams Sports Mumbai School Sports Association MSSA inter-school table tennis tournament in Worli.
Participants at an indoor drum circle event. Pics courtesy/Saha
SAHA, a community supporting neurodiverse and underprivileged groups will join Drum Connect for a Family Beach Drum Circle at Juhu beach this November.
Gopal Bhagwat in full flow
The event invites families to celebrate inclusion through music. "Everyone deserves to feel included," shared co-founder Aarti Parikh. Check @saha_togetherness for more details.
Posing with Jalpa Mehta, and Aarti Parikh
It won't be an understatement to call William Dalrymple the reigning superstar of the literary festival circuit. And yet, the venerable historian seems to take some delight in the rise of his son, Sam Dalrymple, on the same circuit.
(Left) Tashi Chophel in conversation with William Dalrymple at the festival. Pics courtesy/Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival; Instagram; File pic
At his opening session with poet Tashi Chophel at the inaugural day of the Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival, William crossed the session time quite delightfully recollecting his adventures as a 21- year-old getting arrested multiple times on the Golden Road, while following Marco Polo's journey.
(Left) Sam Dalrymple with his father William Dalrymple
When this diarist caught up with Dalrymple senior later, we had to mention a conversation with Sam earlier this year.
William Dalrymple
"Oh, these days I am known as the Father of Sam," the historian laughed, adding, "I am Abu el Sammy, as the Arabs would call me. And I am delighted about it." It certainly runs in the family.
A still from the tribute video. Pics courtesy/@Avani.rai; pirelli
There are two very special reasons this diarist is taking a closer look at photographs from the newly-unveiled Pirelli Calendar 2027. While we were already excited about the calendar taking on an India-centric theme, âThe Cal' tugged at our heartstrings, thanks to Avani Rai's tribute to her late father, Raghu Rai.
Raghu Rai and Avani Rai
Originally commissioned to Norwegian photographer Sølve Sundsbø, and the legendary Raghu Rai, the project saw Avani rise to the occasion following her father's passing in April this year. The theme for the year is India: Beyond a Single Gaze, and if we know a thing about the Rais, it's right up their alley. Photographs from the calendar can be viewed at pirellicalendar.pirelli.com.
A horse made with electronic coil and footwear made with E-waste
Old wires and electronic scraps have found a new life as a chameleon sculpture displayed at Nehru Science Centre.
Subha Sankar Ghosh
Now in its sixth year, the Ministry of Culture's cleanliness campaign promotes up-cycling through creative reuse.
Chameleon made of electric wires. Pics courtesy/Nehru Science Centre
"We want people to see waste as a resource and turn creativity into a livelihood," its director Subha Sankar Ghosh, told this diarist.
