<h2>Before the heavens opened</h2>
<p>Youngsters take advantage of the crystal-clear skies on <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/marine-drives-iconic-promenade-showing-signs-of-wear-sunken-tiles-and-broken-blocks-spark-concerns-23582790" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Marine Drive promenade</a></strong> with a photo session. Later in the day, heavy rain lashed the city.</p>
<h2>Wild with wonder</h2>
<p><img title="The illustrated cover of the magazine; (right) Kishor Rithe. Pics Courtesy/BNHS" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/sep/dos-thirty-sept-b_1790730370_s.jpg" alt="The illustrated cover of the magazine; (right) Kishor Rithe. Pics Courtesy/BNHS" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>The illustrated cover of the magazine; (right) Kishor Rithe. Pics Courtesy/BNHS</em></strong></p>
<p>Move over screens, there&rsquo;s a wilder read in town. The <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/bnhs-foundation-day-2026-143-years-of-bird-conservation-central-asian-flyway-research-highlighted-23650459" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)</a></strong> has launched Aranya, a quarterly nature magazine for 8 to14-year-olds, packed with stories, photographs, illustrations and activities. &ldquo;This will likely be the country&rsquo;s first &lsquo;By Students, For Students&rsquo; wildlife magazine,&rdquo; said Kishor Rithe, director, BNHS. The magazine hopes to take young readers closer to India&rsquo;s forests, species, and wild spaces, while encouraging them to explore and understand the natural world around them. Check out bnhs.org for your copy.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Gaming emotions</h2>
<p><img title="Children try out the board game, Feel Wheel; (right) Maisha Jain. Pics Courtesy/Maisha Jain" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/sep/dos-thirty-sept-c_1790730413_s.jpg" alt="Children try out the board game, Feel Wheel; (right) Maisha Jain. Pics Courtesy/Maisha Jain" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Children try out the board game, Feel Wheel; (right) Maisha Jain. Pics Courtesy/Maisha Jain</em></strong></p>
<p>Your child&rsquo;s temper tantrums might have a simpler and fun solution. A Behavioural Economics lesson in psychology class led Maisha Jain, a Grade 11 student of Oberoi International School, down a journey. Like a true-blue GenZer, she gamed it. &ldquo;I thought of how people struggle to express or understand their own emotions. That made me think, and I decided to integrate it into a game,&rdquo; she shared. Designed for all ages, the game, Feel Wheel, uses scenarios and solutions to enable its participants to make better choices to situations they face in their daily lives. &nbsp;Now, that&rsquo;s one way of schooling your emotions. &nbsp;</p>
<h2>Until next time, Yazdani&nbsp;</h2>
<p><img title="A view of the Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery. File pic" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/sep/dos-thirty-sept-d_1790730436_s.jpg" alt="A view of the Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery. File pic" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>A view of the Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery. File pic</em></strong></p>
<p>The next time you walk past the iconic Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery in Fort, you will miss the wafting aromas of freshly baked Apple Pie and Shrewsbury cookies. Zyraa Zend, the fourth generation of the Zend family that owns the bakery took to her social media on Tuesday to confirm that the bakery will remain closed for renovations from September 29. &ldquo;For generations, you&rsquo;ve made Yazdani a part of Mumbai&rsquo;s story. Now it&rsquo;s our turn to give something back,&rdquo; she wrote. See you on the other side; with some hot bun maska in hand, of course.</p>
<h2>Music in the hills&nbsp;</h2>
<p><img title="Krantinaari (right) at a performance" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/sep/dos-thirty-sept-e_1790730473_s.jpg" alt="Krantinaari (right) at a performance" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Krantinaari (right) at a performance</em></strong></p>
<p>Oh, to be a musician in the hills. While Mumbai feels the <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-weather-update-no-heatwave-but-city-to-remain-warm-until-october-31-says-imd-23598948" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">October heat</a></strong>, Ashwini Hiremath aka Krantinaari has been spending time in the hills up North. The rapper-composer spent 10 days in Kashmir working on a new project for her initiative, Sound of Women. &ldquo;I have been trying to build a collective, with the Western Himalayas as my soundscape. It has been a wonderful journey trying to find songs that have been lost over the years like field songs, river songs,&rdquo; she shared. While her focus remains on building a female-forward hip-hop collective, the rapper shared, &ldquo;The hope is to encourage collectives that also work towards preservation of lost music.&rdquo;</p>

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