Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier

Taking the right stepA man lends a visuallychallenged fellow commuter a hand to board a train at Goregaon station on MondaySound judgmentLyricists and music composers often get a raw end of the deal when compared to singers and music directors especially in Bollywood But those affiliated to the Indian Performing Rights Society IPRS mdash an organisation meant to safeguard their rights mdash now have some reason for cheer The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has recently passed a landmark judgment saying that lyricists composers and music publishers who are IPRS members can claim royalties in respect of the broadcast of lyrics and music underlying the sound recordings by FM radio stations across India This will add to their revenue streams and IPRS CEO Rakesh Nigam shared This judgment is a fundamental gamechanger which will pave the way for us to deliver greater benefits to the creative community in IndiaA meeting to remember for this authorThe weekend was a memorable one for Ayaan Kapadia who is recognised as the youngest author in the city having selfpublished his first book at the age of nine His achievement was conveyed by his family to the Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari and the 12yearold was invited to meet him at Raj Bhavan over breakfast He asked me about the books I liked to read genres I like and if I like horror I also narrated a poem I wrote Kapadia told this diarist adding that it would be nice to see law makers take note of more young achieversBooked for a filmPublished in 2019 Bijal Vachharajanis A Cloud Called Bhura Climate Champions to the Rescue Talking Cub highlighted the urgency of climate change with humour and satire After bagging the AutHer Childrens Book Award last year the title is gearing for another big break mdash a film adaptation The author told midday that her agent Kanishka Gupta of Writers Side introduced the book to veteran producer Sunil Doshi Were really excited that our mad brown cloud with the motley crew of Amni Tammy Mithil and Andrew sparked his interest and his company Manzar Studios has optioned the screen rights We are at the centre of a climate crisis and this collaboration will hopefully bring more attention to one of the most defining issues of our time one that is being called out by children who are the true climate champions Vachharajani sharedSign of honour at Kala GhodaThe signboard on the road adjacent to the synagogue PicAshish RajeAs the first person to have served as both Prime Minister and President of Israel and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres occupies a special place in the hearts of the Jewish community He passed away in 2016 at the age of 93 and was recognised as Israels last founding father Now Peress legacy lives on in Mumbai too as Solomon Sopher chairman and managing trustee of the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Kala Ghoda announced on social media that the road adjacent to the synagogue has been named after the politician who had also paid a visit to the space on his India visit as foreign minister A function will be held later to honour the late Mr Shimon Peres he wroteTime for Mumbais margazhiMeenakshi Srinivasan PicArun PradeepChennais margazhi season that witnesses diverse artistic collaborations is continuing into January in Mumbai as well This is thanks to Vashibased Guru GV Ramani Natya Kala Foundations 9th Margazhi Festival The event which will take place on January 30 and 31 is going digital for the first time and will feature performances by Bharatanatyam exponent Leela Samsons Spanda Dance Company Meenakshi Srinivasan and a collaboration between Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan and dancer duo Renjith and Vijna We usually host the festival during Christmastime but we pushed the dates as a lot of online festivals were underway then All performances will be prerecorded in Chennai and streamed The artistes have created their pieces exclusively for this festival shared creative director Gayatri Subramanian inset For a ticketed experience of these sessions head to the institutes Facebook page