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Paint with a knifeAttend a painting party by Paintology where you will be guided at every step to achieve an Italian inspired artwork You will be taught how to use a knife to paint on a canvasWhere Chaayos BKCWhen March 20 3 PMPrice Rs 1800To Register imojoin1wzm4jlCall 8999344265Lol with exNavy manJoin Manish Tyagi a former Indian Navy commander turned standup comedian as he narrates some very funny tales from his life experiences You can expect many stories peppered with a dose of wit and humourWhere The J Spot BandraWhen March 19 9 PMPrice Rs 399To Register JSpot FacebookTrek to the highest peakGo trekking with friends to Kalsubai the highest peak in the state The mediumlevel trek involves a fourhour climb with steel railings chains and ladders at perilous points An overnight bus is being arranged from MumbaiMeeting Point National Park gate BorivliWhen March 19 745 PMPrice Rs 700To Register wwwtreksandtrailsorgtourskalsubaitrekhighestpeakofmaharashtraClick Messi on Bandrarsquos wallsGo on a photo walk through the tiny lanes of Chapel Road Where homes are covered with graffiti that capture Argentine footballer Lionel Messirsquos sporting journey You donrsquot need to carry a professional camera along Participants will get free snack boxes and those above 21 can also enjoy beerWhere Chapel Road BandraWhen March 14 2021 1 PMTo Register Mumbai Travelography FacebookMeet a person with a skill you can useBarudgar is an educator with one of the most reputed schools in Mumbai After graduating she worked in the corporate sector for around two years but quit it to enrol in an Early Childhood Care and Education ECCED course from the Gujarat Research Society Given her love for teaching and creativity she started her career as an educator Barudgar teaches English EVS and Arithmetic She uses her creative teaching aids to teach kids This allows the kids to learn in an involved and interactive manner She feels that even a spoon if used creatively can help make a child learn alphabets Barudgarrsquos teaching aids are ideal for the the three to six age groupRecommended by Teacher Priya Satra says ldquoIn school we have a special time during the day Called lsquoStory Timersquo and Heena created great flip stories with her storyline that helped us have a fun story session with the kids During the lockdown she created special hand puppets which made the sessions interactiverdquo Heena Barudgar 34 TeacherAvailable for Creating teaching aids for teachers parents and studentsCharges Starting Rs 1000Email at heenabarudgarrediffmailcomOf notso happy familiesHanita BhambriWhen the writer first heard lsquoA dog chasing its own tailrsquo she was overwhelmed by the maturity in the writing The song which is about a child thinking about her parents fighting is sensitively done and will make you wonder who the singer is Itrsquos Hanita Bhambri 23 whose music and songwriting skills beguile her age She was inspired to write this song during a 21 days 21 songs songwriting series during the first phase of lockdown She asked her listeners to share their stories When one of them said she felt isolated when growing up and that her parents fighting left her own adult relationships damaged she decided to write a song that challenges the stigma of a broken home The lockdown she says worked for her because listeners gravitated towards indie songwriting ldquoI feel like Irsquove found my tribe online who are extremely supportive and loyal I feel like the isolation though eventually did get to me It affected my mental health a lot and Irsquove realigned my priorities and focused on finding mental peace and joy No amount of success or fame is worth sacrificing that forrdquoAvailable on all streaming platformsFrom videsh to swadeshAbhishekrsquos background in higher education philosophy and anthropology and Jessicarsquos experience in financial services marketing and storytelling drew them to direct service nonprofit work in IndiaAbhishek and Jessica Kumar are an IndianAmerican cultural anthropologistwriter couple living an interesting life in India ldquoAfter moving to America for academics Abhishek said he would never move back to his hometown in Bihar Until he met me an American girl who had lived in India before and had fallen in love with the culture and the Hindi languagerdquo says Jessica Together they began to work for a nonprofit and itrsquos over the last decade that the couple has been invited to various institutions and gatherings to speak about the changing social landscape of the subcontinent and the South Asian diaspora Out of these invitations was born the Invisible India Podcast in 2018 ldquoWe document and share our adventures and misadventures as a crosscultural couple in India and highlight the work of Indians who are breaking stereotypes and highlighting progressive social dynamicsrdquo she adds In a recent episode Jessica shares her story of moving to India learning Hindi and offers tips to foreigners who are married to Indians In 2021 the Kumars are looking for unique stories of groundbreaking Indians who are shaping the culture in new and dynamic ways Know one Get in touchinvisibleindia InstagramListen on iTunes Spotify Google Podcasts JioSaavn GaanaTeens become wealth managersRohit Ramachandran and Siddarth PadmanabhanGimi India is the new app in town that teaches teens to handle their pocket money Cofounded by Rohit Ramachandran and Siddarth Padmanabhan it enables parents and children to manage chores allowances and also delivers learning modules ldquoItrsquos no secret that thanks to the pandemic the market and economy are going to be different going forward For a country that places emphasis and pressure on education financial literacy is still an alien concept Everyone was saying wish we had put our money to better use from the start of their careersrdquo says Ramachandran The app introduces children to digital payments saving and investing using interactive methods The parentsrsquo version of the app is used to configure their childrsquos version and oversee financial dealings The kidrsquos version also works as a fullfledged payments app linked to a debit card along with elearning modules curated around financial literacy As Padmanabhan says ldquoA lot of parents said they donrsquot give their children fixed pocket money and instead accompany them while making purchases But what they are in fact doing is robbing them of the experience of handling money This leads to bad spending habits when they grow up and earnrdquo Padmanabhan thinksOn Playstore and App StoreWhat a reliefWith the lockdown last year the one thing that we didnrsquot have to worry about was sitting in public loos at cinemas restaurants or even the office We mean how often we tried the Sandra Bullock trick of spreading toilet paper sheets over the seat just so you didnrsquot leave with an empty bladder but also UTI Which is why Pee Safersquos Toilet Seat Santiser goes right next to the pepper spray bottle in our handbag It is exactly what the name suggests and comes with a lavender aroma so that what you did inside remains only your business And at a quick 10second dry promise you arenrsquot wasting too much time either Plus the main advantage over pouring regular sanitiser no contactRs 180 for 75 ml peesafecomBring a stone to lifeSince stones are everywhere they are outright ignored or thought of as dull However Suman Dabholkar a professional art teacher who also considers himself a stone artist perceives them differently During the lockdown he landed the opportunity to visit Sindhudurg where he hails from A lover of nature he spent his time creatively painting river stones giving them a new and realistic lookldquoThe beauty of nature continues to attract me Therersquos a river about an hour away from my home While wandering I could visualise various shapes in the stones and decided to give them a new formDabholkar has built quite a collection by recreating the faces of Albert Einstein Abdul Kalam Naseeruddin Shah Amitabh Bachchan Sachin Tendulkar and Savitribai Phule on them He has managed to grab the attention of the famous Kalyani Mulye who acted in the Marathi film Nude bought one of the pieces The art is available at Rs 1000 onwardssumandabholkar InstagramSelfhelp for millennialsAs a millennial how confused are you about navigating the business world especially when the next best opportunity is just a swipethescreen away Authorcolumnist Sandeep Dasrsquos book Hacks for Life and Career A Millennialrsquos Guide to Making it Big Sage Publications R595 is a simple guide to getting it right Das who is director with PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC has been a strategy consultant for over 10 years In this book he spells out the struggles of the average millennial and how they can be best overcome with simple changes personally as well as professionally From ways to avoid selfsabotaging social media habitsmdashldquoit is advisable to keep all professional contacts especially bosses clients and senior leaders awayrdquo from your Instagram or Facebook page he suggestsmdashto easy guides to constructing a highprofile LinkedIn Page that shows off how you wear your passion on your sleeve and skills you need to nail your first internship Das packs in a lot of ammo in 61 short chapters In the end he offers 10 commandments to lead a meaningful lifemdashfinding a hobby sleeping like a baby and watching a web series ldquooncerdquo every month Now for a millennial these arenrsquot impossible goals reallyAmazoninCurated by Gitanjali Chandrasekharan Aastha Atray Banan Jane Borges Prutha Bhosle