Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier

Jab mil baithe teen yaarFrom left Actors Soha Ali Khan and Shikha Talsania and celebrity hairstylist Adhuna Bhabani catch up at an event in Khar on Tuesday PicShadab ShanWhat if women ruled the worldIf a woman can run a family then she can easily run the worldhellip God has given women enough strength says one of the elderly female students from the Chanakya School of Craft by Jade at the end of an inspiring video titled The Making of the Embroidered Banners which plays on Christian Diors social media page This matteroffact statement could not be too far off from what the pioneering artist Judy Chicago set out to achieve with her epic feminist artwork called The Dinner PartyMonica Shah and Karishma Swali at the Chanakya School of CraftFor the Dior spring 2020 haute couture show in Paris earlier this week the brands creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri collaborated with the American artist for an installation named Female Divine It also featured 21 vividly coloured handappliqueacuted and embroidered velvet banners each positing questions like What if women ruled the world Would God be female Would there be violence Heres the best part these 21 panels were handstitched by the 150 elderly women students of the Chanakya School of Craft at BycullaPic courtesyDiors Instagram pageEach panel took anywhere between 500 to 2800 hours to create involving 11 individual processes and each is embroidered with a question The banners are huge mdash measuring up to 3x2 metres and wouldnt have been possible without the students collectives skill and passion says the schools cofounder Karishma Swali If you are planning a trip to Paris make sure to check out the Female Divine installation that will be on public display till January 26 at the Museacutee RodinSabyas new tieupWe have known Sabyasachi Mukherjee to create elaborate but aesthetic clothes We also know him to be a person who regularly ties up with some of the biggest fashion labels and stores in the world including Christian LouboutinBut we were still surprised when we heard of Sabyas latest collaboration He has joined hands with highstreet fashion brand HampM to design an exclusive line of clothes that will bear his stamp This makes him the first Indian designer to tie up with the smartly priced clothing brands meaning its another feather in the masters capPoojas musings on mousseChef Pooja Dhingra is famous for the scrumptious sweet treats she whips up at Le 15 Cafeacute which serves macarons and cakes among other desserts And if youre a fan theres some good news for you Dhingra has just launched a line of mousse thats now available at all the cafeacutes outlets The four flavours she has started with are decadent chocolate salted caramel a sugarfree option thats ketocompliant and vegan and a funfetti flavourChocolate mousse is nostalgic for me Its one of the things my mother taught me to make and was my goto dessert when I was a child It took me some time to work on an eggless option with the same body and texture as the mousse I grew up onThe funfetti on the other hand has a custard and creambased flavour with sprinkles and is light and creamy Its finally on our menu and Im thrilled Dhingra told this diarist Well we cant wait to try these outMedia mattersEducation goes beyond what you learn in the classroom Its not restricted to what textbooks contain Thats the philosophy that the folks behind Salaam Bombay Foundation an NGO kept in mind when they collaborated with St Xaviers College for an exhibition titled Education Beyond BooksIt involves the students of the institution bringing the world of news alive through installations on print electronic and digital media Its meant to be an alternative learning experience and what better time to launch it than on January 24 observed as the International Day of EducationSetting the record straightOur inhouse cricket nut is being inundated with requests to identify this picture which has gone viral on WhatsApp so he wishes to set the record straight once and for allHere are the Indian team members pictured on landing in the UK for the 1974 tour of England where they lost 03 to Mike Dennesss English team Gundappa Viswanath extreme left behind him is BS Chandrasekhar in shadesCaptain Ajit Wadekar leads the way cigarette in hand Behind him is Sunil Gavaskar To Gavaskars left are S Madan Lal Gopal Bose partly hidden and Brijesh Patel while S Venkataraghavan also with fag in hand is smiling on the rightCatch 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