Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Fashion and feminismLast Friday The Ladies Finger and Godrej India Culture Lab collaborated with an upcoming fashion week for an event titled Feminism and Fashion mdash Navigating a Knotty Terrain The discussion centred on feminism and fashion and explored the changes in the fashion world as it becomes more conscious of feminist issues Some of the most wellknown women in the country across professions and interests were in attendance The powerpacked panel itself was a veritable whorsquos who mdash spoken word artist Sharanya Manivannan fashion designer Anita Dongre Instagram sensation Mallika Dua craft revivalist Laila Tyabji and The Ladiesrsquo Finger founder Nisha Susan who was moderator for the evening The discussion was followed by an art exhibit in which fashion stylist and blogger Pallavi Datta reimagined women characters from Premchandrsquos workGuests at an exhibition held as part of Godrej Culture Labrsquos Feminism and Fashion event PICSameer MarkandeWersquove come to enjoy the Labrsquos interesting Friday Fundas sessions and this one was no exceptionMAMI tributeThe campaign to register for this yearrsquos Mumbai Academy of Moving Image MAMI JioMAMI Mumbai Film Festival has gained considerable creative steam with a microtribute to cinema in the promotional video scripted by Varun Grover directed by Vasan Bala and narrated by Farhan Akhtar The greats of world and Indian cinema and the power of the silver screen find mention in this tribute The video tells the story of cinema through the reactions from faces captured by the medium the rise and fall of emotions and even the ubiquitous popcorn In other MAMI news registrations are open for the film festival Follow all the mayhem on their Snapchat ID mumbaifilmfestUneasy lies the headFormer beauty queen Lara Dutta is caught in a candid moment on the sets of a new reality show at Filmcity Goregaon PicSneha KharabeThe Kashmir effectThe recent turmoil in Kashmir has had its effect on other parts of the country too be it the sedition charge on Amnesty or the experience of Kashmiri rapper MC Kash at an event in Bengaluru He narrated the unpleasant experience on a widelyshared post on Facebook ldquoMy performance was scheduled for 8 PM and even though the event was running a bit late I was categorically stopped from entering the auditorium by the Bangalore Police whose threestarred officers surrounded me and threatened me with jail if they or the Pundits present in the crowd found my lyrics antinationalrdquo he wrote He mentioned that when there were some slogans raised after the police ordered the sound to be cut off he was threatened with imprisonment and was also heckled The post leaves us wondering what led the police to act the way they did and if they are now taking offense on behalf of othersA new chapter for DhingraTherersquos something baking in Pooja Dhingrarsquos Le15 kitchen and no itrsquos not those flaky heavenly sweet and colourful macarons After her debut as an author with The Big Book Of Treats in 2014 Dhingra is working on her next title to be released by Hachette India early next year While wersquore yet to know more about its contents wersquove been drooling over a few photographs from the book that she has uploaded on social media Theyrsquove been clicked by her friend and Jaffabased food photographer Daniel Shechter While at it a collaboration with visual artist or the ldquomagic manrdquo as she call him Sameer Kulavoor for a series of minimalist colourful designs for Le15 is also currently underwayPic courtesyInstagramcomPooja DhingraPooja DhingraPulling a rabbit out of a hatIt is one of the most difficult plays for an actor to perform You walk onto the stage and are handed a script in a sealed envelope You then have to perform whatrsquos written in it Written by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a solo show and live theatre at its best Last week Mumbai was privy to a few classic performances of the play On Tuesday Richa Chadha returned to the stage after two years to perform at a soldout show at Prithvi Theatre Her act was followed by actor Sohrab Ardeshir On Saturday it was our favourite comedian Anuvab Pal at Canvas Laugh Club If you missed last weekrsquos shows this week you can head to The Hive to watch Warren Drsquosylva Meher Acharia Dar and Divya Bhatia enact the playRicha Chadha