<h2>All eyes on the ball</h2>
<p>Spectators watch a cricket match through the window of the recreation centre at the MCA cricket ground in BKC.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Hrithik&rsquo;s gone arty</h2>
<p><img title="The freshly painted space; (right) Hrithik Roshan and Raj Pathare. Pics Courtesy/Instagram" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/oct/dos-twenty-seven-oct-b_e.jpg" alt="The freshly painted space; (right) Hrithik Roshan and Raj Pathare. Pics Courtesy/Instagram" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>The freshly painted space; (right) Hrithik Roshan and Raj Pathare. Pics Courtesy/Instagram</em></strong></p>
<p>Graffiti artist Raj Pathare aka Mooz&rsquo;s funky street art has found a new lavish abode. The artist has just wrapped up work at Hrithik Roshan&rsquo;s swanky new pad on Juhu-Versova Link Road. &ldquo;Hrithik reached out to me in February with his request. We have been working closely to paint graffiti and abstract art in various spaces including the gym space,&rdquo; Mooz shared with this diarist, adding that the actor contributed ideas and shared feedback at every stage of the project. To Roshan&rsquo;s keen interest in the lesser-known art form, we say in his signature style, &ldquo;Fantastic!&rdquo;</p>
<h2>A paw-some cause</h2>
<p><img title="Visitors at a previous adoption event" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/oct/dos-twenty-seven-oct-c_e.jpg" alt="Visitors at a previous adoption event" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Visitors at a previous adoption event</em></strong></p>
<p>Zane&rsquo;s Cafe, a pet-friendly caf&eacute; and spa in Todi Mills, recently hosted Project Kibo, a Raigad-based NGO providing rescue and rehabilitation to animals. They organised a two-day adoption drive featuring indie cats and dogs rescued by this organisation. &ldquo;I had visited Zane&rsquo;s last year with my rescue dog and was moved by how attentively they cared for my dog,&rdquo; expressed Prageeyaa Khanna, its founder. The event drew a positive turn out, fuelled by social media buzz with its central location attracting walk-ins. &ldquo;We were thrilled to raise awareness about the &lsquo;adopt, don&rsquo;t shop&rsquo; cause,&rdquo; Ashka Saxena, head of marketing at Zane&rsquo;s concluded.</p>
<h2>Silent page turners</h2>
<p><img title="Readers at the session in Churchgate" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/oct/dos-twenty-seven-oct-d_e.jpg" alt="Readers at the session in Churchgate" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Readers at the session in Churchgate</em></strong></p>
<p>The Churchgate-based silent reading club, Bombay Bookies, have introduced Saturday reading sessions. &ldquo;We decided to hold the sessions on both Saturdays and Sundays due to the positive response and large volume of applications coming in,&rdquo; said event host Gargi Sandhu. After their largest meet-up of 250 readers at a garden near Churchgate station on October 20, Sandhu emphasised, &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t want to overburden the crowd or take away from the silent reading element.&rdquo; The initiative aims to revive the habit of reading and foster community reading amidst nature. &ldquo;We were very happy with the participation of 150 people and aim to continue this every Saturday.&rdquo; she concluded. For registration, visit @bombaybookies.</p>
<h2>Memories of a maestro</h2>
<p><img title="AR Rahman, Namrata Gupta Khan, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Rabbani Mustafa Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/oct/dos-twenty-seven-oct-e_e.jpg" alt="AR Rahman, Namrata Gupta Khan, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Rabbani Mustafa Khan" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>AR Rahman, Namrata Gupta Khan, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Rabbani Mustafa Khan</em></strong></p>
<p>Every master was once a student, they say. Maestro AR Rahman will take a musical walk down memory lane to remember his guru, late Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan at a tribute concert in Bandra in January next year. The performance will be a part of Hazri, an annual musical tribute that marks the Ustad&rsquo;s death anniversary (January 17). &ldquo;Rahman shared a close bond with my father. Ustad ji didn&rsquo;t speak much English, and on the other hand, Rahman wasn&rsquo;t fluent in Hindi. But they somehow managed to connect on a spiritual level through the language of music,&rdquo; recalled Rabbani Mustafa Khan, who organises the annual tribute in his late father&rsquo;s memory with wife Namrata Gupta Khan.</p>
<p><img title="Rahman announced the event through a video. Pics Courtesy/Rabbani Mustafa Khan; Instagram" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/oct/dos-twenty-seven-oct-f_e.jpg" alt="Rahman announced the event through a video. Pics Courtesy/Rabbani Mustafa Khan; Instagram" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Rahman announced the event through a video. Pics Courtesy/Rabbani Mustafa Khan; Instagram</em></strong></p>
<p>For Rabbani&rsquo;s brothers, Murtuza Mustafa and Qadir Mustafa, who have collaborated with Rahman on popular sufi songs like Piya haji ali, Noor un alaa noor, and Al madad maula, it will be a doubly nostalgic reunion. Rabbani informed this diarist that the event will also see attendance from the Ustad&rsquo;s prot&eacute;g&eacute;s like singers Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, and Shaan.</p>
<h2>Catching practice</h2>
<p><img title="Omkar Dhareshwar teaches young monks in Sikkim how to juggle " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/oct/dos-twenty-seven-oct-g_e.jpg" alt="Omkar Dhareshwar teaches young monks in Sikkim how to juggle " width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Omkar Dhareshwar teaches young monks in Sikkim how to juggle&nbsp;</em></strong></p>
<p>Ever felt like two hands were not enough for everything you were juggling with? Well, Marol-based flow artist and juggler Omkar Dhareshwar agrees. His new series brings the audience into the act of juggling as participants. &ldquo;When I juggle for people, they&rsquo;re usually passive spectators. To make it fun, I introduced the Royal Rumble. I throw the balls at them during the performance and ask them to throw it back at the right time,&rdquo; he shared. To start with, Dhareshwar tested the series out with young monks in the Rinchempong monastery in Gangtok. &ldquo;They were all smiles and did a good job with the catching. I will take this series to other cities as well. It shouldn&rsquo;t be hard in a cricket crazy nation like ours,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</p><p>
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