 A new project put together by ad  guru Piyush Pandey and pianist  Louiz Banks seeks to highlight the  issue of water scarcity. The duo has  roped in stalwarts Zakir Hussain,  Shankar Mahadevan and Mame  Khan for the effort, to support over  1,000 villages. u201c When it means  coming together to create a unified  voice to conserve water, it is only  natural that we, as artistes, take  it upon ourselves to drive efforts  collectively to help our waterstressed  nation,u201d Banks said about  this awareness project.  On Sunday, this diarist witnessed  a set of performances featuring  Portuguese pianist Maria Jou00e3o  Pires, conductor Augustin Dumay  and the Symphony Orchestra  of India ( SOI) at the NCPA. The  audience was alerted about  the movements in each of the  Mozart and Beethoven pieces via  projection but clapped between  them u2014 a strict no- no at concerts  as it can be highly distracting.  And thus, right before the interval  concluded, associate music director  Zane Dalal requested the audience  to u201c please refrain from clapping  between movements,u201d much to  everyoneu2019s amusement. We wonder  if this conduct will be adhered to at  their concert today.  The beauty and the happy beast  Rohit Shetty and Karishma Tanna pose with an ominious but cheery gorilla to promote a reality show, at a five- star on Monday. PIC/ anurag ahire  For the love  of dissent  Curb the clapping Help flows in mid- show  In the name of Saadat Hasan Manto  Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the  greatest Urdu writers of all time,  lived only to the age of 42. But in  that time, he left behind a prolific  body of work that constitutes the  highly acclaimed Chugad among  others. Many titles have been  written on him, and there is now an  addition to that list. Actor- director  Nandita Das has penned Manto &  I, which was recently launched at a  Mahalaxmi venue in the presence  of Nawazuddin Siddique and  Rasika Duggal, who essayed the  roles of Manto and his wife in a  film Das directed in 2018. She said,  u201c I think we all have Mantoniyat in  us in different measures. When I  say Mantoiyat, I mean the will to  be more free- spirited, to be more  honest and courageous. When we  see people who are that way, we  envy it u2014 we also want to be that  way. So in many ways, this book is  dedicated to all the Mantos in  the world.u201d  Sunday night at the Chhatrapati  Shivaji Maharaj Terminus ( CST) was  no ordinary one as the odd passerby  was greeted by a motorcycle stunt  by freestyle stunt riding champion  Aaron Colton. The American  athlete is in the country for a show  of his stunts later this week at  Gujarat National Law University,  Gandhinagar but couldnu2019t pass up on  the stunning photo op. This diarist  learnt that while on his pit- stop,  he tried a wheelie and then some  surfing at the landmark. Colton first  learned to ride at the age of two  only to become the youngest XDL  National Stunt Riding Champion  at 15.  It was an evening of art and  slogans as this diarist witnessed  Swara Bhaskeru2019s India, My  Valentine. The stage was set with  Poojan Sahilu2019s reinterpretation of  Bollywood songs with lyrics that  echoed with the countrywide anti-  CAA protests. Following this, the  audience had a good laugh with a  line- up of comics. There was also  poetry in different forms, with  lyricists Raj Shekhar and Swanand  Kirkire reciting their own, Delhibased  Madara taking to rap and  Saba Azad presenting a musical  version of Faizu2019s Ahmed Faizu2019s  Hum dekhenge. Naseeruddin Shah  chose to read an excerpt from  Nehruu2019s The Discovery of India  while Ratna Pathak Shah chose  poetry too. But it was poet Aamir  Aziz, with his powerful recital of  Jamia ki ladkiyan and Sab yaad  rakha jaayega, who commanded  a standing ovation. This diarist  spotted Swara Bhasker doing  a happy jig in the front row as  the Sophia Bhabha auditorium  resounded in claps.  Freewheeling  PIC/ Ashish raje 

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