Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier

Don Bradman the don of sportsmanship tooVIRAT Kohlis Indians could well win the Test series against England who appear beatable this summer But there is one feat that Kohli amp Co will not achieve after Fridays T20 loss to England at Cardiff mdash to end the tour without losing a match That was achieved by Don Bradmans Australians on their April to September 1948 tour of England Thats how and why they were christened The InvinciblesThis year marks 70 years for Bradmans fine English summer and the third Test of that series began this very day in Manchester England totalled 363 and bowled out Australia for 221 Bradman who was in decent form was trapped leg before wicket by paceman Dick Pollard for seven and the crowd went berserkBradman was unbeaten on 30 in the second innings as Australia drew the game But the first innings dismissal to Pollard must have tickled Bradman Just before the Test he was having a conversation with his English friend Walter Robins then an England selector and according to iconic cricket writer Jack Fingleton also Bradmans extrammate Bradman asked Robins why was Pollard not being picked because no bowler worried him more than the burly bowler in the tour game against Lancashire Robins may or may have not conveyed The Dons view to his selection committee but Pollard played and scalped the great man in the Test Bradman amazed fans with his batting He also stunned people with his sportsmanshipWeight a minuteLast week this diarist was pleasantly surprised to see Anand Mahindra tweeting a snippet regarding Madhukar Talwalkars heirloom dumbbells about which this diarist wrote a piece in the July 1 edition Turns out the businessmans connection with the chain of gyms goes back a long wayAnand MahindraWhat a blast from the past I first started working out at Madhukarjis new south mumbai gym in what is now Jindal HQ on Pedder Road when I was 16 and he was 38 I havent seen you in decades Madhukarji but thank you for helping build the selfconfidence of a scrawny teenager he wrote More power to bothBack to the rootsArt historian and researcher Aditya Ruia has something exciting planned for the city in the coming weeks to coincide with Independence Day Ruia is curating an exhibition of broadsides sourced from Shekhawati in Rajasthan where his greatgrandfather Ramnarain Ruia hailed fromAditya RuiaBroadsides were printed posters and announcements from those days and Ruia tells us that he has been on their pursuit because of his interest in the Nathdwara painting tradition These broadsides in Ruias curation use Nathdwara in their backgrounds and are from the time of the Independence Movement If they appear innocuous thats only a first impression he says who has sought out private collections for this exhibition Look out for the show at Chatterjee and LalLetters from a daughter to dadBack in 2004 filmmaker Meghna Gulzar had penned an ode to her illustrious lyricist father Gulzar titled Because He is The biography saw the director whom Gulzar lovingly calls Bosky revisit her fathers life and career and her relationship with him Switch to 14 years later HarperCollins India is set to release an updated version of the book which will release next monthMeghna Gulzar with father GulzarSo much water has flown under the bridge since the first book that Meghna felt the need to write another one a source told this diarist This time Meghna will speak about her extensive collaborations with her father in several films including the latest Raazi how papa Gulzar is a doting grandfather to her son Samay and his slow and steady shift from making movies to once again engaging with his writing Apart from containing substantial new text the new edition will also see many neverbeforeseen photographs from the familys albumShoutout to the Bombay of the 90sTheres something incredibly romantic about old Bombay and hotelier Ashish Sajnani of Opa Hospitality knows it all too well Which is why his upcoming restaurant Via Bombay is an ode to the good ol days We have paid tribute to the communities that migrated to Bombay and brought in their own culinary traditions says SajnaniAshish SajnaniFor instance he says when the Sikhs came to Bombay and settled in Sion Koliwada the area eventually became a hub for north Indian cuisine and till date is known for samosa chole chole bhatura tandoori chicken paya soup prawns koliwada Well include the best of these cuisines he adds Meanwhile his 14yearold Chembur restaurant Le Cafe is set for an expansion and will be double its size Tipplers can rejoice as therell be a bar tooHeres the way to a happier worldAn Instagram page titled toahappierworld is trying to do its bit for people suffering from depression The page launched 21 days ago helps people cope with depression through a chat service The therapy that plays out largely through conversations goes on for a month or two While the team follows up with the people in question the chats are deleted The whole process is done free of charge and 100 people have already availed its servicesThis diarist reached out to the founder a young woman who did not wish to be named I realised no matter how big or trivial a problem is what people miss the most is having conversations someone to talk to One doesnt need to be clinically qualified to actually listen to people There have been people who have told us that it has helped them more than a doctors visit or pills Its all anonymous too Good goingBuh Bye Swachh BharatTina Ambani throws her chewing gum on the pathway as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis looks on at a hospital opening in Navi Mumbai on Saturday Are laws only meant for the masses PicSameer Markande Catch 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