Last Friday, mid-day turned 40; it moved into middle age and with it the added responsibility of being an even more important voice for fair reportage in the city. No mean feat this, considering everything that's been going on with the debate over the future of print journalism. It was also a terrific trip for some of us who've watched the city and the newspaper grow in tandem.

As we pored over archival material and newspaper clippings, discussed and chatted on all its milestones with expert Bombaywallahs, it served as an eye-opener to the making of this great city. It was heartwarming to track how some segments like the food and drink industry continue to witness a phenomenal leap of faith by giving the discerning foodie so much on a platter. Likewise was the heady line-up of fabulous works put out there by writers and poets who made the city proud on the national and international level. We particularly enjoyed curating facts around the cultural landscape of the city — from how the Kala Ghoda festival took shape to theatre group Motley's coming into being and how our very own Stop Gaps choral ensemble went on to wow France's audiences. We were reminded of frames of us sitting glued to our Solidaire B/W telly set watching Sabira Merchant ask us about What's The Good Word? and how we chuckled over Hinglish's many delights during the staging of I'm Not Bajirao at St Andrew's.