<h2>Turn to dust</h2>
<p>A Koli fisherwoman sifts dry fish on Madh beach in Malad on Wednesday.</p>
<h2>Flight of fancy</h2>
<p><img title="Lalwani&rsquo;s son Araan with a rescued caterpillar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/jun/dos-thorty-june-b_e.jpg" alt="Lalwani&rsquo;s son Araan with a rescued caterpillar" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Lalwani&rsquo;s son Araan with a rescued caterpillar</em></strong></p>
<p>Roots Nature Club, which encourages kids to understand nature better, has launched a new kit that packs in a metamorphous experience. The kit contains a rescued caterpillar, a habitat jar, a feeder kit and a care pamphlet. Where are the caterpillars rescued from? &ldquo;We tie up with several farms that kill caterpillars to save their plants. We pay them to not kill the larva and instead, send it to us safely,&rdquo; explained Pooja Hemdev Lalwani, founder of the club. Lalwani added that the adopter is expected to care for the caterpillar until it metamorphosises into a butterfly, which is released into its natural habitat. To experience a butterfly take flight, dial 9820613334. &nbsp;</p>
<h2>Sapna&rsquo;s &lsquo;experimental&rsquo; win in Iran</h2>
<p><img title="Sapna Moti Bhavnani; (right) A still from the film, My Dog Is Sick" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/jun/dos-thorty-june-c_e.jpg" alt="Sapna Moti Bhavnani; (right) A still from the film, My Dog Is Sick" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Sapna Moti Bhavnani; (right) A still from the film, My Dog Is Sick</em></strong></p>
<p>Celebrity hair stylist and filmmaker Sapna Moti Bhavnani&rsquo;s film, My Dog Is Sick, recently won the Best Experimental Feature Award at Iran&rsquo;s First Women Film Festival. She told this diarist, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think about the win until now. It feels amazing.&rdquo; She added that the film has been part of many international women&rsquo;s festivals worldwide. About the prospects of fantasy horror in India, a genre Bhavnani explores in her silent film, she noted, &ldquo;The genre has progressed by leaps and bounds across the globe. An immense variety in storytelling can be explored through this genre. But, our country is yet to catch up. I don&rsquo;t say this as an insult, but if programmers and doorkeepers of cinema continue to serve clich&eacute;d films, we will keep on consuming that.&rdquo; She added that such trends will also change, as everything else does.</p>
<h2>Art and its dismantled usefulness</h2>
<p><img title="Caterpillar from the display" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/jun/dos-thorty-june-e_e.jpg" alt="Caterpillar from the display" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Caterpillar from the display</em></strong></p>
<p>Architect and designer Samira Rathod, who graduated from Sir J J School of Architecture and now helms Samira Rathod Design Atelier (SRDA) as principal architect, opens her new exhibition, Dismantling Building = A Kit of Parts, at Chemould Prescott Road today. Rathod&rsquo;s studio has bagged prestigious awards such as IID Awards, Elle Deco International Awards and A+D Spectrum Awards, among others. Known to push boundaries with her creations, Rathod said her display depicts artistic abstraction and usefulness, too. She told us, &ldquo;Our studio has always looked beyond the tectonic realm of things. A building is structured on several ideas and in this case, I have inquired if dismantling the building will fetch me those individual ideas.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img title="Samira Rathod" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/jun/dos-thorty-june-d_e.jpg" alt="Samira Rathod" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<h2>Break new ground</h2>
<p><img title="Break new ground" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/jun/dos-thorty-june-f_e.jpg" alt="Break new ground" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<p>After climbing some 100 peaks and cycling from Manali to Khardung La, Vinod Rawat, who runs Convoy Control Club, is set for a 12-day bike ride to Ladakh, along with a dozen other riders. The trip will cover Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. For Rawat, who uses a prosthetic limb, travelling miles on his motorcycle was always a dream, and he has been living it for the last 13 years. While preparing riders for a long high-altitude trip, he shared a word of advice: &ldquo;Parts of the trail are off the road, and one must have control over one&rsquo;s motorcycle.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>Sadak chic</h2>
<p><img title="Arissa Khan; (right) A moment from last year&rsquo;s fashion show" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/jun/dos-thorty-june-g_e.jpg" alt="Arissa Khan; (right) A moment from last year&rsquo;s fashion show" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Arissa Khan; (right) A moment from last year&rsquo;s fashion show</em></strong></p>
<p>This is one mob that won&rsquo;t cause alarm. Fashion platform Purple Paisley will take over antiSocial this Saturday with a fashion flash mob. Arissa Khan, its founder, told us that the highlight would be Bombay Sadak&rsquo;s portrayal of the city&rsquo;s street fashion. &ldquo;We take inspiration from the city streets with its rich colour palette, and add a twist to traditional Indian wear in this collection,&rdquo; Khan revealed. Understandably, the clothes will reflect the quirky combinations that can be found all around Mumbai. From saris paired with blazers to bomber jackets with lehengas, it will be a play on the city&rsquo;s enigmatic nature, the designer said. The city that works on jugaad can also prove to be quite an inspiration for the fashion-conscious. The event will witness Sixth Ocean take attendees on an emotionally charged musical journey.&nbsp;</p><p>
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