<h2>You got this, kid</h2>
Parents watch proceedings during a boys&rsquo; U-16 league cum knockout stage match at a Dreams Sports <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/imaan-motorwala-vikrant-negi-emerge-mssa-u-16-badminton-champions-23657143" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai School Sports Association MSSA</a> inter-school table tennis tournament in Worli.
<h2>Find your rhythm</h2>
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Beach-drum-circle_1793317860_s.jpg" alt="Participants at an indoor drum circle event. Pics courtesy/Saha" /> Participants at an indoor drum circle event. Pics courtesy/Saha
SAHA, a community supporting neurodiverse and underprivileged groups will join Drum Connect for a Family Beach Drum Circle at Juhu beach this November.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Jalpa-Mehta_1793317908_s.jpg" alt="Gopal Bhagwat in full flow" width="1280" height="720" /> Gopal Bhagwat in full flow
The event invites families to celebrate inclusion through music. &ldquo;Everyone deserves to feel included,&rdquo; shared co-founder Aarti Parikh. Check @saha_togetherness for more details.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Aarti-Parikh_1793317936_s.jpg" alt="Posing with Jalpa Mehta, and Aarti Parikh" /> Posing with Jalpa Mehta, and Aarti Parikh
<h2>Father of Sam</h2>
It won&rsquo;t be an understatement to call William Dalrymple the reigning superstar of the literary festival circuit. And yet, the venerable historian seems to take some delight in the rise of his son, Sam Dalrymple, on the same circuit.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Tashi-Chophel_1793317988_s.jpg" alt="(Left) Tashi Chophel in conversation with William Dalrymple at the festival. Pics courtesy/Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival; Instagram; File pic" width="1280" height="720" /> (Left) Tashi Chophel in conversation with William Dalrymple at the festival. &nbsp;Pics courtesy/Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival; Instagram; File pic
At his opening session with poet Tashi Chophel at the inaugural day of the Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival, William crossed the session time quite delightfully recollecting his adventures as a 21- year-old getting arrested multiple times on the Golden Road, while following Marco Polo&rsquo;s journey.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Father-son_1793318017_s.jpg" alt="(Left) Sam Dalrymple with his father William Dalrymple" width="1280" height="720" /> (Left) Sam Dalrymple with his father William Dalrymple
When this diarist caught up with Dalrymple senior later, we had to mention a conversation with Sam earlier this year.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/William-Dalrymple_1793318043_s.jpg" alt="William Dalrymple" width="1280" height="720" /> William Dalrymple
&ldquo;Oh, these days I am known as the Father of Sam,&rdquo; the historian laughed, adding, &ldquo;I am Abu el Sammy, as the Arabs would call me. And I am delighted about it.&rdquo; It certainly runs in the family.
<h2>A familial calendar ode</h2>
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Snippet_1793318087_s.jpg" alt="A still from the tribute video. Pics courtesy/@Avani.rai; pirelli" width="1280" height="720" /> A still from the tribute video. Pics courtesy/@Avani.rai; pirelli
There are two very special reasons this diarist is taking a closer look at photographs from the newly-unveiled Pirelli Calendar 2027. While we were already excited about the calendar taking on an India-centric theme, &lsquo;The Cal&rsquo; tugged at our heartstrings, thanks to Avani Rai&rsquo;s tribute to her late father, Raghu Rai.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Raghu-Rai_1793318111_s.jpg" alt="Raghu Rai and Avani Rai" width="1280" height="720" /> Raghu Rai and Avani Rai
Originally commissioned to Norwegian photographer S&oslash;lve Sundsb&oslash;, and the legendary Raghu Rai, the project saw Avani rise to the occasion following her father&rsquo;s passing in April this year. The theme for the year is India: Beyond a Single Gaze, and if we know a thing about the Rais, it&rsquo;s right up their alley. Photographs from the calendar can be viewed at pirellicalendar.pirelli.com.
<h2>An electric makeover</h2>
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Metal-horse_1793318155_s.jpg" alt="A horse made with electronic coil and footwear made with E-waste" width="1280" height="720" /> A horse made with electronic coil and footwear made with E-waste
Old wires and electronic scraps have found a new life as a chameleon sculpture displayed at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-sets-january-31-deadline-for-nehru-science-centre-planetarium-flyover-23652825" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nehru Science Centre</a>.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Subha-Sankar_1793318237_s.jpg" alt="Subha Sankar Ghosh" width="1280" height="720" /> Subha Sankar Ghosh
Now in its sixth year, the Ministry of Culture&rsquo;s cleanliness campaign promotes up-cycling through creative reuse.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Chameleon_1793318194_s.jpg" alt="Chameleon made of electric wires. Pics courtesy/Nehru Science Centre" width="1280" height="720" /> Chameleon made of electric wires. Pics courtesy/Nehru Science Centre
&ldquo;We want people to see waste as a resource and turn creativity into a livelihood,&rdquo; its director Subha Sankar Ghosh, told this diarist.

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