mid-day special: Popular reads from September 19 to September 25

24 September,2015 11:00 AM IST |   |  A correspondent

As part of our weekend special series, here's a roundup of the most popular and trending articles, photo galleries and videos from the week that was


Photos: Ganpati Visarjan festivities at Salman Khan's residence
Salman Khan bid adieu to Lord Ganesha in grand fashion at his home. Family members and a host of popular celebs from the Bollywood film fraternity were in attendance for the celebrations (View pictures)

Where there's a festival, Bollywood will have a song
Bollywood is on a perpetual devotional high. Most filmmakers make it a point to incorporate a festive track in praise of the Almighty. That divine intervention can help boost a film's success, is an added bonus (Read more)

Quirky culinary traditions from one of Mumbai's oldest communities
Alu wadi stuffed with prawn mince is a delicious culinary eccentricity peculiar to a Mumbai community of under 8,000 (Read more)

Jagmohan Dalmiya: The man who made cricket rich!
Kerry Packer is credited for players getting paid what their skills demanded when he took world cricket by storm in 1977, but it is Dalmiya who took the financial health of the game to a new level (Read more)

Are we 'thin-spired'? Top models react on Victoria Beckham controversy
At the New York Fashion Week, Victoria Beckham was criticised for using extremely skinny models on the ramp. We ask popular Mumbai-based models what the healthy size for Indian ramp should be (Read more)

Photos: Mumbaikars bid watery adieu to Ganesha
The fifth day saw Mumbaikars bidding a watery adieu to the Elephant God (View pictures)

Cricket's fight club: Five infamous on-field spats
Cricket history is littered with on-field spats with cricketers in the heat of the moment sometimes crossing the line. mid-day lists five infamous moments from cricket lore that have left a bitter taste in the mouth (Read more)

A walk around South Mumbai's historic Grant Road
Mumbai historian Rafique Baghdadi relives the nostalgia around Grant Road that is dotted with several standalone cinema halls that once thrived with crowds and big releases (Read more)

Gear up for power fluctuations as BEST's cable faults shoot up
There were 1,891 cable failures between April to June 2014; this figure has seen a steep rise to 3,171 cable failures in the same period this year (Read more)

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
Related Stories