07 May,2026 08:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
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A group of youngsters play a football match at Khar Danda during low tide
A still from the music video where the dancers recreate the iconic Michael Jackson pose
Moving like Michael Jackson is difficult enough, try it with influences of Bharatanatyam. For choreographer Swetha Warrier, it was fun as she joined her friends in a routine of The Way You Make Me Feel on May 3.
Jafaar Jackson's comment. Pics courtesy/Swetha Warrier
"Michael Jackson has been my inspiration. After watching the biopic, Michael, I was inspired to reach out to others to collaborate on a piece. We shot it at IF.BE over three days," Dombivali resident revealed.
Swetha Warrier
It made a mark, given that MJ's nephew, and star of Michael, Jaafar Jackson commented on her moves on social media.
Not many people would have heard of her, but that perhaps is the beauty of it. Bahinabai Chaudhari, a Khandeshi poetess from Jalgaon, remembered for her poems on farming, nature, and the human condition, will be celebrated in a performance scheduled for May 8 and 17 in Thane and Dadar, respectively.
(Left, centre) Tanushree Sawant appears in a still from the play; (right) Manisha Kolhe as Bahinabai Chaudhari. Pics courtesy/Manisha Kolhe
Artiste Manisha Kolhe, along with a group of performers, are set to present a play titled Sangeet Sange Bahina as a tribute to the poetess. The production blends poetry, music and storytelling, with singer Kalyani Salunkhe performing Bahinabai's poems and giving them a musical dimension. As her voice brings the verses alive, Bahinabai appears within the narrative, and this interaction forms the beginning of the play.
Bahinabai Chaudhari. Pic courtesy/ Facebook
Kolhe, who plays Bahinabai, told this diarist, "The play will be a tribute to the poetess who has inspired many. The poems featured in the performance will include Arey Sansar Sansar, Shetaatli Gaani, among others, highlighting the resilience in her life."
First The Beatles, then the Gorillaz, and now Sansaetown. Indian sounds and instruments have long touched foreign shores and Sansaetown, a South Korean band has recently come under the internet's radar for incorporating the Indian sitar in their tracks.
The three-member band - with Jang Min-gyu on the bass, Sawol on the drums, and Hanokbawi on sitar - seamlessly blend their instrumentals to create a sound that belongs neither to India nor to South Korea, but which echoes something universal.
Jang Min-gyu, Sawol, Hanokbawi. Pics courtesy/@sansaetown
While the band is still only in their early days, we will certainly keep an out for their first EP this summer as announced on their social media (@sansaetown).
THE iNaturewatch Foundation has rolled out its Butterfly Express initiative across a few police stations in Rabale, Panvel, Vashi, Sanpada, Turbhe, Khandeshwar, Uran and Nhava Sheva, where green pockets have been created to track and attract butterfly populations within these premises.
Explaining the initiative, Dr V Shubhalaxmi told this diarist, "The initiative has two simple goals. One was to reduce the stressful environment created around the police station, making it a pleasant sight to see butterflies and the other one was to give a dedicated shelter to the butterflies for conservation."
V Shubhalaxmi
As the research is set to conclude mid-2026, Shubhalaxmi added, "The team is excited to see how many butterflies will be present post monsoon."
