<h2>Prepping for flight&nbsp;</h2>
<p>A ring-necked parakeet was spotted &nbsp;next to a gargoyle carving at<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-shocker-st-xaviers-college-guest-panellist-accused-of-sexual-harassment-at-antas-seminar-23605248" rel="nofollow"> St Xavier&rsquo;s College</a>.</p>
<h2>Colaba sees Apparitions</h2>
<p><img title="Prerna SM Jain" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-may-ten-b_e.jpg" alt="Prerna SM Jain" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Prerna SM Jain</em></strong></p>
<p>Apre Art House inaugurates its new space within a heritage building on Wodehouse Road in Colaba. Defined by 25-foot ceilings, an exposed wooden log structure, and high arched windows, the space brings a heightened sense of scale, light, and material presence to the presentation of works.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Opening on 14 May, 6 to 9 pm, Apparitions brings together twelve artists from across South Asia: Naira Mushtaq, Rupaneethan Pakkiyarajah, Aakriti Chandervanshi, Chathuri Nissansala, Debashruti Aich, Kritika Sriram, Madhurjya Dey, Sarban Chowdhury, Sumaiya Sirin, T Krishnapriya, U. Arulraj, and Uditha Ekanayake.</p>
<p>Prerna SM Jain, gallery director of APRE Art House says, &ldquo;Apparitions &nbsp;is bringing together twelve South Asian artists, the exhibition reflects a shared engagement with presence, memory, and the unseen. The works engage with histories of conflict and displacement, and their afterlives. The exhibition approaches the idea of the ghost not as metaphor alone, but as a condition of persistence, where images, archives, and lived experiences return&nbsp;<br />in fragmented and unresolved ways.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Hooves meet history</h2>
<p><img title="Fine equines at last year&rsquo;s event" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-may-ten-c_e.jpg" alt="Fine equines at last year&rsquo;s event" width="1280" height="720" /><em>Fine equines at last year&rsquo;s event</em></p>
<p>Celebrations are on at Bombay Gymkhana, Fort as the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/clubs-should-have-their-lens-trained-solely-on-sport-23615866" rel="nofollow">SoBo Club</a> founded in 1875, celebrates 150 years of sporting excellence. The horses seem to say yeah, not neigh to that with the third edition of the Standard Chartered Bombay Gymkhana Arena Polo Championship 2026 scheduled for today, Sunday, May 10, beginning 6.30 pm. Polo has been revived after nearly a century and brings with it nostalgia and old world charm on the club&rsquo;s historic green.</p>
<p>Talking about nostalgia, Sunday&rsquo;s action will see two teams named after two officers of the Royal Engineers , Captain EL Maryyat and Lieutenant CL Young who in 1875, drew up a blueprint on the formation of the Bombay Gymkhana. Sanjiv Saran Mehra, President said, &ldquo;Few venues can offer polo with this kind of history and proximity to the action. This is an event that blends tradition with a modern, spectator-friendly format.&rdquo; To history, horses, and hooves then: polo bolo.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>What could Hardik Pandya be thinking?</h2>
<p><img title="Pandya during defeat to Punjab Kings on April 16. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-may-ten-d_e.jpg" alt="Pandya during defeat to Punjab Kings on April 16. Pic/AFP" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<p>There are numerous Mumbai Indians fans who don&rsquo;t want to see Hardik Pandya continue as skipper after the kind of results the Indian Premier League team has been dishing out most of the time this year.</p>
<p>Their 3-7 win-loss situation on the points table before today&rsquo;s game against<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-rajat-patidar-devdutt-padikkal-take-rcb-reach-104-runs-in-10-overs-against-lsg-23629397" rel="nofollow"> Royal Challengers Bengaluru </a>at Raipur doesn&rsquo;t paint a rosy picture. Replacing Pandya in the hot seat will be looked upon in some quarters as an alarmist move, but a captain caught in such a spot will certainly be thinking what the future has in store.</p>
<p>We remember what then India captain Bishan Singh Bedi said on Day Five after losing the Karachi Test of the 1978-79 series which ended 2-0 in Pakistan&rsquo;s favour: &ldquo;This could well be my last day as India captain.&rdquo; Bedi was right; replaced by Sunil Gavaskar for the&nbsp;<br />Test series against the visiting West Indies team.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we hope Mumbai Indians fans see some better results today, May 14, May 20, and on May 24.</p>
<h2>Andheri West goes global</h2>
<p><img title="Marcsgotiq is an ace at quirky lyrics. Pic/Instagram @marc.archivee" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-may-ten-f_e.jpg" alt="Marcsgotiq is an ace at quirky lyrics. Pic/Instagram @marc.archivee" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Marcsgotiq is an ace at quirky lyrics. Pic/Instagram @marc.archivee</em></strong></p>
<p>Gen Alpha loves brainrot music. And writer&rsquo;s feed is filled with lyrics like &ldquo;Rest in peace my granny, she got hit by a bazooka&rdquo; by musician Miami XO. Funny and jarring, and the Internet loves this genre.&nbsp;</p>
<p>A new album in this category is Andheri West, &ldquo;cause that&rsquo;s where it all started,&rdquo; tells us 15-year-old Marc, better known as Marcsgotiq on the Internet, who now lives in Canada. His tongue and cheek Marathi lyrics have gone completely viral. &ldquo;I started making music six years ago, when I was nine,&rdquo; he tells us. Now, his music is in the background of thousands of Reels. &ldquo;It feels great,&rdquo; he signs off, as nonchalant on call, as he is in his music.</p>
<h2>How bizarre!</h2>
<p><img title="Suchita Parikh-Mundul and her new poetry book, Absurd Theatre  " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-may-ten-e_e.jpg" alt="Suchita Parikh-Mundul and her new poetry book, Absurd Theatre  " width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Suchita Parikh-Mundul and her new poetry book, Absurd Theatre &nbsp;</em></strong></p>
<p>This city is different things to each of us. For Byculla poet-journalist Suchita Parikh-Mundul, it is both home and muse; both a haven of familiar comfort and absurdity. And that is one of the themes she explores in her new book of poems, Absurd Theatre (Paperwall Publishing, Rs 399).</p>
<p>A section of the poems is anchored in Mumbai and urbanity, while other sections involve feminist themes.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The collection&rsquo;s title refers to the absurdity of human existence,&rdquo; says Parikh-Mundul. &ldquo;In the poem &lsquo;Coastal road&rsquo;, for instance, I speak of the &lsquo;blue tarp of need&rsquo;, and the &lsquo;melding of gold and survival&rsquo;, referencing the chasm between the privileged and the poor. How bizarre that some of us win the birth lottery to find ourselves in comfortable apartments while others must survive homelessness.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The absurdness is also in the language, the metaphors, and wicked humour, which I hope surprise and delight the reader,&rdquo; she adds.</p>

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