Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier

Seasonrsquos eatingsItrsquos the season for jackfruits and a man carries a humongous one on his head at Goregaon West on FridayMusic for reelThe intersection between music and films is the focus of an upcoming virtual documentary film festival called Lights Camera Music which the folks at Royal Opera House are organising Call of the Maestro Leaving Home The Life and Music of Indian Ocean in pic A Moment of Mishearing and The Last Music Store are the four films that will be screened on the Opera Housersquos YouTube channel as part of it starting June 18 ldquoThese films capture the essence of music through the power of storytelling As part of our curatorial philosophy we have always presented the traditional with the contemporary across genres We were overwhelmed with the response and have planned a second edition of the virtual festivalrdquo shared Asad Lalljee curator Royal Opera HouseItrsquos time to head back to natureA group of visitors at the Conservation Education Centre before the pandemic hitHaving been cooped up at home for a long time a chance to be at one with nature is just what the doctor ordered The Bombay Natural History Society is now offering Mumbaikars that opportunity having reopened the gates to its Conservation Education Centre CEC in Goregaon East after the pandemic Only groups of five people or less will be allowed though CEC director Raju Kasambe told this diarist that this is the best time to view the butterfly garden there since itrsquos the season for the insects to lay eggs ldquoThe weather is also perfectrdquo he added We agreeNotes of supportTM Krishna is one musician who has regularly used his craft to come to the aid of people affected by the pandemic He will continue in that direction this evening with a concert titled TheDropBoxConcert a fundraiser for artistes struggling financially at present ldquoThe idea for the concert is such that I will be live on my Facebook and Instagram pages from 8 pm on June 12 today and take requests for songs from people and chat with them Anybody who wishes to contribute any amount can do sordquo Krishna sharedListen to lectures from the bestA new initiative by G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture at Mahalaxmi is bringing six stalwarts from diverse artistic fields onto one platform where they will give a series of interactive lectures to share their life experiences and how they dealt with challenges Simply titled Lecture Series 2021 it features musician Shubha Mudgal dancer Leela Samson below historian Nayanjot Lahiri and academic Pratap Bhanu Mehta among others They will interact with audience members at live virtual sessions across July and August with poet Ranjit Hoskote moderating the events ldquoOur focus is to build a place for professional artistes to learn from these masters and hone their skills We also wanted to bring on board people who have reached a certain level of expertise and position in their fieldsrdquo shared G5A director Anuradha Parikh inset Visit g5afoundationorg to register for the lecturesFastest finger first for this India jerseyPandemicinduced travel restrictions may have served as a deterrent to some fans who would have otherwise hopped on to a flight to watch the India vs New Zealand World Test Championship final in Southampton next weekend Thankfully Team Indiarsquos kit sponsors MPL have a plan for fans to feel the pulse of the match from their living rooms A limitededition Test white jersey has been launched today which will be available for 4999 via the sponsorrsquos website from June 14 However just like the fastestfingerfirst game we are now so used to playing to procure a vaccine slot yoursquoll need similar skills here too considering there are only 250 jerseys up for grabs ldquoThe jersey is made of jacquard a quickdrying material widely used for international sports merchandiserdquo informs MPLrsquos senior vice president Abhishek Madhavan