Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier

Cant beat Oz on this scoreTrust the Aussies to trump other countries when it comes to promoting cricket Earlier this week Cricket Australia used some innovation to announce the squad for the first Test against India starting on December 6 mdash through a short film with backyard cricket as the theme Innovation was the name of the game 40 years ago too when Kerry Packers World Series Cricket assigned advertising agency Mojo in 1978 to come up with an anthem for the Australian WSC team The 60minute jingle went like this Theyve been training all the winter And theres not a team thats fitter And thats the way its gotta beCos youre up against the best yknowThis is Super Test yknow And youve gotta beat the best the world has seenLillees pounding down like a machine Pascoes making divots in the greenMarsh is takin wickets Hooksies clearing picketsAnd the Chappells eyes have got that killer gleamMr Walkers playing havoc with the batsRedpath its good to see ya backLaird is making runsDougies chewing gumAnd Gilmours wielding willow like an axeCmon Aussie cmon cmon Cmon Aussie cmonA tale of two dreamersThere has always been something very endearing about the senior Murthy couple and how they worked as a team to lead Infosys to newer heights Now we hear Narayana and Sudha Murthy are working on a firstofitskind book on their lives with Devi YesodharanNarayana and Sudha MurthyThe author who was the former speechwriter to Narayana is penning a tellall story titled Mr and Mrs Murthy Juggernaut that is set to release by the end of this year The book will document the early years of their lives and how implausible their dreams of starting an IT company had been We are waitingAlice in Kala GhodaWe love collabs and this is one were certainly looking forward to Shubhika Davda founder of Papa Dont Preach is going to a host an art and fashion installation at the threestoreyed Pernias Pop Up Shop in Kala Ghoda midDecember The weeklong event will see the store dressed up like Wonderland to borrow the theme from Davdas latest collection One Way Ticket which features an Alice in Indian clothing as the main protagonistThere will be Instagram baits such as tea parties clock corridors a dream passage a space full of cotton clouds light installations and curiosities everywhere Davda is also planning to break down all the compartments in the world of art there will be fashion theatre dance music and visual art As Davda says We want to bring together people who love what they doMore of DindiIn April 2011 Swapnil More a descendant of sant Tukaram started the virtual dindi on Facebook to help bring a thousandyearold palkhi tradition to the world using social media Seven years later More has been nominated as one among the 50 Most Influential Strategy Leaders Awards in digital marketing for his campaignMy target audience was the youth who can connect with this glorious cultural heritage with a click It was very challenging but we have managed to surmount all obstacles says More whose reach is two millionSacred Heart is sparkling newTodays Sunday mass at Santacruzs Sacred Heart Church will have a special meaning The 5000strong parish has plenty to be thankful for as the Classical Revivalstyle landmark built in 1936 will be blessed by Bishop John Rodrigues after an eightmonthlong renovation Its a very happy day for us The last restoration was done a decade ago so this was long dueFather Franklyn Mathias has played a key role in making all of us aware of the buildings heritage value says Vernon DCruz parishioner recounting how the church was the nucleus around which the community and the suburb grew Some of the quaint bungalows and leafy lanes around still stand testimony to a neighbourhood that was The church building made from Kurla basalt stone can be seen from SV Road characterised by the teak wood boarding roof and Mangalore tilingCoordinated by conservation architect Vikas Dilawari and his team on behalf of the parish committee the project involved restoring a structure that was perhaps one of the last few to have used Kurla stone Renovation on this Grade II B structure included maintenance of the roof its interiors and exterior faccedilade Look out for the stunning stained glass painting work above the entrance on the South and North side and the mezzanine overlooking the porch on the West Late city historian and chronicler Teresa Albuquerque who was a parishioner here and best documented the suburb in her writings must be smilingUncomfortably numbActor Nandita Das finds an unexpected fan at a fundraiser in Mahalaxmi on Saturday PicSayyed Sameer AbediCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates