The city - sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
Pic/Nimesh Dave
Season of abundance
A shopper is spoilt for choice at a stall near Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church in IC Colony, Borivli West
A close eye on dental health
An illustration from the book cover. PIC COURTESY/Vaibhav Kumar
Never ignore dental health, comes the quick warning from Vaibhav Kumar, head, department of public health dentistry, GD Pol YMT Dental College, Kharghar. “It is particularly difficult for the visually impaired, as their more immediate challenges mean that their dental health often gets ignored,” Kumar revealed. Funded by the college, Kumar, led by the team of director Dr Kavita Pol, dean Dr Deepa Das, Prathamesh Sarak, Mehul Rajpurohit, Dr Trupti Takle, and Dr Rahul Pandey and Dr Neha Chauhan of the Kartavya Disha Global Foundation, are set to release a tactile oral health manual, Sparshika. With the National Association of the Blind collaborating, the Braille book talks about oral health and hygiene. “It also has tactile audio-visual inputs connected to the embossed images on the pages, and is powered by solar power for sustainability,” shared Kumar. We shall keep an eye when the book comes out in January 2026.
A choir full of stars in Colaba
Wild Voices at Afghan Church on Christmas Eve in 2024. PIC COURTESY/WILD VOICES
Remember the choir group that went viral last Christmas for its rendition of the Indian National Anthem? Choir director George John has assured this diarist that his group Wild Voices will return with a new surprise this year. Performing at the historic Afghan Church on December 24 at 10.30 pm, the 40-member choir with members as young as three years, will present a festive twist on Coldplay’s Viva La Vida. Entry, as last year, remains free for all.
Leaves? No. Crochet, yes
The crocheted Christmas tree at Otters Club. PIC COURTESY/SABISHI SHANKAR
Ever thought of a Christmas tree made with crochet? Sabishi Shankar and Manisha Pradhan have made that possible at Otters Club in Bandra. “As a group of 85 people, we started knitting granny squares [a classic crochet motif, made by working clusters of stitches in rounds from a centre circle outwards] about two months ago, and gradually started putting it together, resulting in what stands at the club now,” Shankar revealed to this diarist. The team is also known for crocheting caps for Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel under the initiative titled The Beanie Project.
Drink by the book
Cocktail Ghost on The Riviera
A new cocktail bar in Juhu is bringing storytelling to the table with a menu inspired by legend of Kojak and his lost notebook. We learnt that the drinks such as Velvet Code and Tangier Heat are all inspired by cryptic sketches, fragmented thoughts, and experimental cocktail formulas from the fictional notebook. “It’s a world built on curiosity, quiet elegance, and the belief that the best stories are the ones you discover slowly,” shared Kojak’s founding partner Khalid Ansari. Worth a shot, and another one, we say.
Horniman Circle welcomes Sher-Gil
(From left) Amrita in the drawing room of their Paris home, 1930; Amrita in her mother’s room, circa 1935. PICS COURTESY/Chatterjee & Lal; Liszt Institute Hungarian Cultural Centre Delhi; Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest
The new Chatterjee & Lal gallery in the HC Dinshaw building will open with a tribute to an icon. Their first exhibition, Master and Disciple: A Hungarian-Indian Family of Artists, entails photographs that offer an insight into the early years of the pioneering artist, Amrita Sher-Gil.
Curated by Judit Bagi, the exhibition hosted in collaboration with Liszt Institute Delhi, and Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Hungary showcases photographs from the collection of Ervin Baktay, Sher-Gil’s uncle, shared gallerists Tara Lal and Mortimer Chatterjee (below).
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