Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier

Whats the net worthShilpa Shetty Kundra attempts to swat a mosquito with an electric racket in the presence of an amused Raveena Tandon on a set in Goregaon on Monday PicSneha KharabeDalai Lama and Donald TrumpThe Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha when asked about the big leap of former national Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi from the Congress to the Shiv Sena said that There is nothing wrong in nurturing political ambitions but to use a circuitous deception to hop on to a diametrically opposite ideological platform is political immorality at its worst The Congress and Shiv Sena are as different as Dalai Lama and Donald TrumpSanjay Jha and Priyanka ChaturvediThe Shiv Sena is a parochial polarising fundamentalist Hindutva organisation that has scant respect for democratic secular sensibilities They pioneered the hoodlum goon culture where innocent outsiders were brutally thrashed in Mumbai for electoral benefits Governance and Shiv Sena are an oxymoron Their misogynistic attitude towards women is legendary Jha signed off with Good luck to herWhen Aamir and Azad met EnidAamir Khan is no stranger to book launches like most Bollywood Alisters mdash but those events rarely give us an insight into how much of a book lover a celebrity can be So when Aamir was spotted inside Hill Roads Happy Book Stall with his son Azad Rao Khan it made us smshyishyleWe learnt Khan has been visiting the store since childhood and loves Enshyid Blyton titles And it was here he picked up a passion for reading After posing for a picture with the stores owner Mr Rajan he also picked up Blyton titles for his sonPoll pitchAs some states gear up for the elections today American producer Johnny Harris who is in India put up posts asking voters to send videos of their polling station inked finger and how many km they travelled to vote via WhatsAppThe Emmynomishynshyee has been here since March Im grateful for the Internet he posted And it seems like he has picked up on peoples nature to spam as the posts include a request to only send in poll videos This attention to detail is making us look forward to the result of the poll videos even moreUnited we standIf you crossed the Worli Seaface last evening you would have spotted a unique photo exhibition en route For the specially curated exhibit that celebrated the human marine and wildlife of the Mumbai coast was a mobile one and put together solely by peoples contributionsThe celebratory exhibition at Worli Seaface PicBipin KokateOrganised by Save Our Coast Bombay and Love Your Parks Mumbai the exhibition had participants submit pictures as well as people volunteer to hold the pictures or form human photo frames While there were many works by common Mumbaikars displayed there were also works by photographers Sunjoy Monga Pradip Patade and Rajesh Vora author Nikhil Anand marine biologists and activists thereChefs table talkIt made for a cool frame when we spotted two leading chefs from two cities eat at another celebrated chefs new restaurant in Mumbai Rahul Akerkars Qualia which opened doors to public earlier this week played host to Mumbais chef Pooja Dhingra of Le15 Cafe and Delhis Kainaz Contractor who owns Rustoms Parsi Bhonu located at the only Parsi Anjuman in Delhi earlier this week The two chefs posted the perfect girls night out pictures giving us major squadgoalsContractor who happened to be in town for leisure told this diarist Ever since Rahul Akerker announced the opening of Qualia I have been waiting with bated breath to visit We ate our way through the menu which reflects a newer food philosophy of simpler dishes that are flavour and ingredientforward whilst embracing oldtime cooking and preservation techniques lishyke pickling and fermenting I particularly enjoyed the artisanal breads Dhingra also shared her thoughts with us It was great to see chef Rahul in action she told this diarist before adding Ive known Kainaz for nine years since I started Le15 I love her as a person and a chef Shes the best dining companion Though were in different cities we meet oftenCatch 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