Two city residents capture neighbourhood buildings for their Instagram page, which documents Mumbai’s architectural heritage. With an interaction with Mid-day Online, they open up about what inspired them to take up the project. Veganism is often discussed to be expensive for many. We reached out to two long time vegans from Mumbai, who share how alternatives make it an affordable practice. Ketamine, primarily used as an anaesthetic agent during medical operations and considered to be the notorious ‘K-drug’ in rave culture, is found to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts. We reached out to a city-based expert who explains all about Ketamine therapy.

Hybrid work has also boosted the concept of ‘hybrid dating’, a style of courtship where young adults are curating dates involving a combination of online and in-person meets that suit the mid-pandemic and post-pandemic lifestyle. As Omicron fear looms large and most of us we are back confined to our rooms, similar to online games, 1000-piece puzzles have emerged as a new found activity of interest. In the fourth part of our Korean wave series, we look at how K-pop has been an inspiration for many young musicians and dancers to explore their passion and experiment with K-pop tunes.