Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier

Time for a rethinkWe hope common sense prevails over this Covidiot walking past Ghatkopar railway station as he halts to check out face masks on saleComing full circle at ChemouldPrafull Dave in conversation with Rashna ImhaslyGandhyAs Mumbairsquos art galleries make the online switch again Chemould Prescott Roadrsquos upcoming virtual show is a special one Opening this Friday Into the Light will see works by veteran artist Prafull Daveacute whose relationship with the gallery dates back to 1969 when the space was helmed by Kekoo and Khorshed Gandhy The Indianborn octogenarian who currently resides in Zuumlrich studied under the mentorship of greats including NS Bendre and KG Subramanyan Between 1958 and 1961 Daveacute also had his artist studio at The Bhulabhai Desai Memorial Institute in Warden Road which served as the breeding ground for artists such as MF Husain and Vasudeo Gaitonde And although his show is being curated by eminent art historian Jacqueline Burckhardt Rashna ImhaslyGandhy transpersonal psychologist and gallerist Shireen Gandhyrsquos sister helped put this show together ldquoWhen I visited Prafull at his studio in Zuumlrich in the summer of 2019 and saw the cachet of his many paintings all stacked and carefully wrapped in plastic except for the later ones exhibited on the wall the idea of an exhibition was bornrdquo Rashna said while Burckhardt added that Daveacutersquos paintings are ldquoimbued with creative and spiritual energyrdquo Thatrsquos something to look forward toBeats for MumbaiRoshan Gamare and Gaurav GambhirPopular beatboxers Gaurav Gambhir aka DCypher and Roshan Gamare aka BeatRAW will pay tribute to the city of dreams in a beatboxing musical titled Aamchi Mumbai that releases today ldquoWersquore joining hands with composer Daniel George to make a track that is a tribute to the city completely done through beatboxing without any external production Wersquore trying to portray the sounds that you hear on the streets of Mumbai and the lyrics are inspired by daily experiences that people of the city go throughrdquo Gambhir revealed Check out their catchy beats on erosnowcomFighting stigmaMaheema Misra and Milana PrakashMay is observed as both Mental Health Awareness Month and Borderline Personality Disorder BPD Awareness month Maheema Misra and Milana Prakash are 20somethings who started BPD Humans an Instagram pagecumsupport group to dissect BPD and build a community Next month they aim to launch a series of free workshops called Ebb and Flow with mental health professionals exclusively for those diagnosed with BPD Misra said that the idea was ldquoto provide for something where people donrsquot have to worry about paying and still find places where they can learn about and find the skills to get through the disorderrdquo Prakash also highlighted that the title Ebb and Flow is a placid oceanlike metaphor for something as tumultuous as BPD ldquoEpisodes come and go in the form of waves at the shore sometimes rough and other times gentle This monthlong event is a tribute to that lifealtering experiencerdquoOn the trail of Indiarsquos missing girlsA still from From the ShadowsEver since Powaibased filmmaker Miriam Chandy Menacherry spotted the painted silhouette of a child tagged missinggirls in Kolkata the stencilled wall art and its implied reality of child sextrafficking has followed her around Five years ago she started shooting a feature documentary From The Shadows setting out to capture the Subcontinentrsquos most trafficked routeIt has been chosen for multiple national and international forums and was set to be completed in 2020 but the pandemic derailed their plans ldquoUsually we raise money through grants but a lot of them collapsed so we started a crowdfunding initiative Wersquore in the last leg of the film and we felt this is the best way to give the film the impact it deservesrdquo she shared Pitch in on gocrowderacomFromTheShadowsBecause taste matters tooFor those trying to keep their health in check but not willing to sacrifice on taste chef Michael Swamy has the perfect fix In his new book The Diabetic Cookbook Swamy features a list of delectable recipes tailormade for diabetic people ldquoDiabetes runs in my family my mum had it as well so the inspiration came from there Even though diabetes might make people cut certain items out of their diet food doesnrsquot have to be monotonousrdquo he told this diarist adding ldquoThe book has 80 recipes divided into salads soups starters mains breads and desserts It also includes recipes based on lentils and types of khichdirdquo