Mumbai Diary: Thursday Dossier

Jahan chaar yaarActors Mandira Bedi and Jim Sarbh chefentrepreneur Pooja Dhingra and interior designer Ravi Vazirani seem to be getting along like a house on fire during an event held at a Lower Parel pub on Wednesday PicBipin KokateTaking the lid off this online trendThere is no end to challenges on the Internet and the latest to surface is the bottle challenge It involves people placing a bottle with a halfscrewed cap on a table and then performing a back kick to flip the lid off with their feet A lot of global celebrities have posted videos of them completing the challengeThey include actor Jason Statham and musician John Mayer There are also stars closer home who have managed the feat including not surprisingly Akshay Kumar given his penchant for martial arts But its not just celebrities Other Mumbaikars too have posted similar videos including Sambit Chatterjee the drummer of indie band Aswekeepsearching Find out if you can successfully attempt this challenge as well since this isnt one of those things that come with a disclaimer Dont try this at homeA helping handOver the last couple of days the devastation caused by the rains has hardly given us cause to celebrate the advent of the monsoon But it is always nice to see Mumbaikars lending a helping hand to those affectedAfter a wall collapsed in Malads Pimpripada area killing over 18 people St Judes Church in the area has organised relief efforts in coordination with neighbouring parishes and people from all over Mumbai Cash donations cheques as well as relief in the form of household items and dry packaged foods are being accepted by the parish priest Fr Warner DSouza insetThe section of the wall that collapsedThe disaster has left more than hundred people in the hospital and the parish stresses on monetary assistance to those who most need it Heres hoping that more public institutions follow suitThe most valuable pic on the InternetGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai has said earlier that he is a huge fan of cricket and that his favourite players are Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar It must then have been quite a moment for him when he sat next to Tendulkar in the VIP section at Edgbaston in Birmingham to watch the India vs England match recentlyThe cricketer posted a picture of the two on social media and netizens had a field day in the comments section with one calling it the most valuable photo on the Internet But we loved Tendulkars own caption which was Kya yeh Sundar PichaiGone too soonYesterday was a sad day for those in the city who are fans of good oldschool rock music Mihir Bijur the owner of Door No 1 mdash a bar in Bandra Reclamation popularfor playing retro classics mdash passed away after sudden cardiac arrestBijur had played an important role in trying to revive the live music scene in Mumbai hosting bands on a regular basis with innovative concepts like the Human Jukebox where a live act would take requests from patrons Thank you for the music MihirKala Ghoda gets a new arts spaceKala Ghoda is all set to get a spanking new space dedicated to contemporary art and the creative pursuits in general Its called Method and it aims to break the traditional definition of fine artThe venue will also host smallscale events fashion installations and visual art experiences that build on contemporary urban lifestyle and culture Sahil Arora a designer who has created websites for Bollywood celebrities Aamir Khan Vikramaditya Motwane and Rajkumar Hirani is the person helming it He told this diarist Art is always evolving so it stands to reason that the institutions that house contemporary art should evolve as wellCatch 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