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I-Day: Sindhi Mumbaikars recount stories they grew up with about the Partition

As India gets ready for its 75th Independence Day, celebrations are due but not without remembering the people who were displaced in the process and now call this city their home. Two members of the Sindhi community in Mumbai talk about how the Partition of India changed their families’ lives

I-Day: Free India’s first citizens share memories of Mumbai during the struggle

On Mid-day online’s request, the oral history project ‘Citizens’ Archive of India’ (CAI) dived into its repository to retrieve interviews that paint a picture of Mumbai during the run up to freedom and the early years of Independence

Independence Day '22: NCPA and Prithvi Theatre to put up shows exploring freedom

Here's a quick-guide on events in the city you must attend to learn more about freedom and independence through arts and performances

I-Day 2022: Mumbai tricolour sellers return to the streets with festive cheer

Many people are going to be celebrating Independence Day outdoors after two Covid-hit years. Young and old have been busy buying flags, badges and pins with the tricolour. Mid-day Online took a walk around Lalbaug market and spoke to three stall owners who are back and busy selling these paraphernalia to see how it feels to be back in business

Here’s a weekly roundup of Mid-day Online’s top features

This week has a little bit of everything festive and seasonal. We also speak to members of the Warli tribe and delve into the need for elephant conservation. Last but not the least, our Shelf Life series travels through Colaba and Worli to know more about the efforts helping economically weaker students study

Here’s a weekly roundup of Mid-day Online’s top features

This week has a little bit of everything festive and seasonal. We also speak to members of the Warli tribe and delve into the need for elephant conservation. Last but not the least, our Shelf Life series travels through Colaba and Worli to know more about the efforts helping economically weaker students study

14 August,2022 04:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

Salman Rushdie attack: Renowned authors Amitava Ghosh, Neil Gaiman, others react

A few hours after Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was attacked at a literary event in New York, several authors from the literary community around the world including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, William Dalrymple, Taslima Nasreen and Amitav Ghosh have expressed their feelings

13 August,2022 02:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

Here’s how study spaces in Colaba and Worli are helping students

'Shelf Life' is a fortnightly series that explores the reading culture in Mumbai. This week Mid-Day visits Worli’s Abhyas Galli and Colaba Study Centre to see how a metropolitan city that’s starved of space is making room for the youth from economically weaker sections to study and engage

13 August,2022 12:04 PM IST | Mumbai | Sarasvati T

Meet Taba Chake and Anoushka Maskey: Northeast India's next gen of music stars

Mid-day caught up with the two Northeastern musicians, who call Mumbai home, after they sang their hearts out onstage in Pune recently. They talk about the pandemic’s influence on their music, singing in their mother tongue, and moving to Mumbai

12 August,2022 04:28 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto