Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Not without my selfieEven during his lunch outing with wife Twinkle Khanna and daughter Nitara Akshay Kumar cant escape the admiration of a selfieseeking fan PicYogen ShahNo wedding without the tikkaIn todays social mediasavvy age you need to look your best Actor and activist Gul Panag who was at a family wedding in Punjab this weekend used Instagram to point out a crucial element at Punjabi weddings mdash the tikka The first Instagram story was from home with Panag sharing a nomakeup look as she put on her maang tikka first having learnt it the hard way to not leave it for the last Its always rushed and doesnt sit rightWe always go the whole nine yards in terms of dressing up for close family weddings Tikka is a must And also a phulkari in addition to the dupatta because its considered auspicious Panag wrote followed by multiple posts of family members donning it at the wedding as she gushed about the forehead head piece captioned Tikkas our thingWearing music on her sleeveThis diarist recently happened to speak to renowned Chennaibased Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam who was in the city for a concert She shared memories of growing up in Dadar Parsi Colony and how cosmopolitan Mumbai had a lasting impact on her approach to musicThats when we also asked her something about her sartorial choice mdash Sairam is known to have the letters sa pa sa embossed on her gorgeous saree blouses embroidered in the Devnagari script When asked why she said These are the basic notes for classical riyaaz So I literally wear my music on my sleeve We love the sound of thatHockey players stick to pastIt was an evening of fun and goals as some of the members of the Mahindra hockey team of yesteryear reunited for a friendly match at the St Andrews Turf in Bandra recently Some prominent players among the gathering were Joaquim Carvalho MM Somaya Dhanraj Pillay Harendra Singh John Fernandes Reginald Pereira Hillary Gomes Ashok Venkat Anup Shukla Nagesh Azad IS Negi Shreedhar Murthy and Nigel BarretSome of the Mahindra hockey stalwarts of yesteryear in Bandra on FridayThe veterans got the better of their teenage opponents 54 with Dhanraj and Harendra even scoring a goal each Harendra later recalled how the bunch in their heyday were topnotch We won the 198788 Bombay league without conceding a goal In the final we beat Tata Sports Club 20 I remember they earned a penalty stroke first up but our goalkeeper Marky Mark Patterson was so confident that he told us Dont worry Ill save it and he didJoaquim and Somaya were among the key coordinators for the gettogether which wasnt easy since many players are abroad We have a WhatsApp group and were planning this for a few months Im glad we managed a decent turnout Joaquim said Dhanraj had the last word Our phones have been buzzing with messages on the group over the last few days Now there will be peace he said as the group burst out laughingHigh on unityAfter the Statue of Unity the tallest statue in the world was unveiled back in October a stationery brand has now released the tallest book in India called the Book of Unity which measures 1 metre in heightPicAshish RajeThe launch took place as part of a threeday event that kickstarted with a patriotic flashmob by children of an NGO and students from colleges across the city were invited to come and write their thoughts and opinions on unity in the book After the event the book will be sent to the Prime Ministers office Does size matterArt Attack in Lower ParelLast week this diarist attended the preview of an interactive exhibition set up by the Piramal Museum of Art where visitors can do artwork on a giant canvas wall The museum had been conducting tours for corporate employees and studentsBut the tours were so wellreceived that the wall was full of artwork before the public opening scheduled for Sunday We are now thinking of changing the canvas once a week or have people paint over it and see how the canvas takes shape over time director Ashvin Rajagopalan told this diaristCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates