Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier

Arzan Khambatta helps a participant at the workshop as Brinda Miller looks onArt for adultsYou may have helped your kid or a nephew with endless school projects but when was the last time you picked up the paintbrush for your own joy Art 360deg a new initiative by CSMVS aims to encourage art enthusiasts of 14 years and above to revisit their hobbies with a series of workshops to be held on a Saturday every month The first such workshop by Arzan Khambatta took place over the weekend where the eminent sculptor taught participants to make engaging 3D objects using scrap We hear noted artist Brinda Miller the coordinator for the workshop series will conduct the next workshopPicSayyed Sameer AbediBedazzledActress Bhumi Pednekar seemed mighty impressed by what she saw at a jewellery exhibition she attended at a Bandra fivestar over the weekendRoyal kitchenThis has got to be one of the most droolworthy moments at the IIFA awards this year Not just because there was food involved but also because of these two dishy men who got their aprons onMichelinstarred chef Vikas Khanna turned mentor to Saif Ali Khan to prepare a Lemon Rice filled in Avocado Roll dish Khannas wise words to the nawab Contrast is the key to a satisfying bite crunchy or velvety smooth texture and spicy or just a hint of flavour With this masterclass we wonder if Khans next date night with Bebo will involve him rustling up a mealRamsay for EmmyHe can drive adults to tears when he judges their culinary skills and trashes their dishes literally sometimes if he feels they dont make the cut But with kids Gordon Ramsay is different It came as little surprise then that the celebrity chef recently got his first Emmy nomination in the Host for a Reality or RealityCompetition Program category for presenting MasterChef Junior which he calls the best job in the worldIn several interviews Ramsay has spoken about how he wants to send out a message through the young participants that cooking needs to be taken as seriously as the more conventional fields A host with a cause Cheers to thatHave wings will flyThe Godrej India Culture Lab premises turned into a melting pot of cultures over the weekend with Performing Resistance an event that traced the caste history of Maharashtra through music and discussionsPicsSatej ShindeOne of the talking points of the event was the music of the motherson duo Nishant Shaikh and Keshar Jainoo Shaikh inset the Yalgaar Jalsa Troupe in pic above and Kabeer Shakya of Dhamma Wings Indias first Dalit rock band that operates from MumbaiWhile the troupe did an acoustic set of songs that spoke against violence and promoted art Shakya did a qawwali and introduced the song Mere Shivaba which is on the heroics of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj There was also a screening of the powerful documentary Shahiri by Aashit SableDog gone mattersIt will go down in Indias social media universe as arguably the most controversial frame filter from Snapchat So after its dog filter meme landed All India Bakchod in trouble reactions from tweeple ranged from the extreme to the surprising Among the flood of spoofs that took off from the disputed frame we spotted this particular one by an Indian politician and a familiar face on Indian television since the 1990sKnown for his nononsense replies and debating skills in Parliament he took a cheeky potshot at the entire controversy when he superimposed the same filter against his face on Instagram with the post Its the weekend time for a little bit of fun Any guesses whos the sporting neta Hint Your time starts now