Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Dogged effortsA canine spars playfully with his little companion at Madh Island over the weekendGallop to gloryMumbaibased brothers Kaevaan and Zahan Setalvad have bagged gold and silver respectively in the 150 cm Grand Prix at the National Equestrian Championship Delhi With these wins the duo who were representing Mumbai and the Amateur Riders Club are both now twotime national showjumping champions ldquoIt has been a difficult year both for us and the horses As with any sport you get better only with practice While the lockdown affected our riding practice the subsequent and extended monsoon also affected our ability to riderdquo Kaevaan told this diarist His brother Zahan pointed out that the twoday travel to Delhi adversely affected the condition of the horses The competitions are held on consecutive days which made it quite hectic Riyhad Kundanmal secretary of the Amateur Riders Club said that this being the only official 150 cm show in the country winning a medal in this championship is especially prestigious The brothers have now trained their sights on other shows around the country and eventually the Asian Games 2022 qualifiers We wish them luckReel impactThree years after its release Evening Shadows will kickstart London Indian Film Festivalrsquos 2021 series of screenings marking LGBT History Month The film is hailed for its sensitive portrayal of a young man coming out to his mother and was directed by filmmaker and gay rights activist Sridhar Rangayan ldquoThis is further encouragement for parents to embrace their kids without discriminationrdquo he says We agreeThis is music to our earsWersquove just learnt that Furtados School of Music FSM has recently announced its partnership with Berklee College of Music in Abu Dhabi Also on the cards is a 5000 scholarship being offered to students of image designing songwriting music production music monetisation and marketing and distribution strategies ldquoWe have been an affiliate partner of Berklee for three years now We zeroed in on the Abu Dhabi location instead of Boston owing to its proximity With this programme we hope to empower budding music professionals to produce and sell their own music projectsrdquo Tanuja Gomes its cofounder told this diarist Students aged 15 years and above can apply for the scholarship on furtados schoolofmusiccomOur man Atul Kamble shines at Wisden againWhat does it take to make it to the Wisden Cricketersrsquo Almanack A significant battingbowlingfielding performance or being part of a major teamrsquos playing XI You also get into cricketrsquos Bible when you use all your craft to shoot a brilliant photograph and send it to the publishers based in the UK Thatrsquos what Middayrsquos principal photographer Atul Kamble did and his image of a casual game of cricket at Juhu beach in October 2020 will appear in the 2021 edition of WisdenKamblersquos image of Sachin Tendulkar emerging from the Wankhede Stadium dressing room for his final Test innings in 2013 was adjudged the WisdenMCC Cricket Photograph of the Year and duly made it to Wisden 2014 the first colour picture used in the photo section of the edition Our man has played a rasping cover drive again We canrsquot help but stand to applaud