06 October,2016 08:44 AM IST | | Team mid-day
The city - sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
Jin Yan Bao variety of fish
Marine wonderland in Matunga
Mumbai's big marine life show is back in the city. This time, RA Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Matunga (E) will host the Aqua Life and Marine Show for five days, from October 8. Expect to explore over 200 fish tanks and about 800 species of fish. Organisers Laukik Creations says they plan to set up a coral reef at the venue. This one is sure to give the modest Marine Drive based aquarium an image complex.
Shilpa says, breathe
Pic/Atul Kamble
Actress and yoga practitioner Shilpa Shetty did a mock asana at the opening of Anu Malhotra's show at a gallery in Worli last evening.
From Dumbledore to Justin Trudeau
From the young, bright Hermione Granger who impressed all with her magic spells in Hogwarts to playing UN Goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson has come a long way. During a recent visit to Canada for the One Young World Summit, the actor paid a visit to Parliament Hill.
The conference brought together young leaders and received the wholehearted backing of 44-year-old Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. She tweeted of her time at the three-day conference: Was inspiring & so fun to meet with my @OneYoungWorld Ottawa gender equality scholars. Proud of them all!
Look! There's a book on your local train
A few days back, this diarist had mentioned about Chetan Bhagat's smooth marketing moves to promote his new release, One Indian Girl. Post release, another promo caught the eye.
If you're a local train commuter, you would have probably spotted it too. Turns out, his publishers went the extra mile and plastered ads announcing the release on a local train. Now that's what we call tracking your reader on the move.
Remember Mr Boombastic?
Before the Justins (Timberlake and Bieber) took over the imagination of giggly teenagers and working mums, there was Shaggy who ruled MTV (yes, once upon a time in the 1990s and early 2000s).
Now, we hear that the Reggae superstar will perform live at a mall in the central suburbs. His fans will surely wake up and do a little jig at this bit of news.
Maha power shines at Sangeet Natak Akademi awards
The prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards were held at a glittering ceremony at New Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhavan. Amid applause, exceptional Indian artists received awards in various fields of music, dance, theatre, puppetry, and so on.
Manoj Joshi and Chaya Khutegaonkar received their awards from the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee
The home state fared well too. Veteran theatre and film actor Manoj N Joshi received an award (theatre), which, as is tradition, and included a cash prize of Rs 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (shawl), and a tamraptra (a brass plaque).
Doing the state proud in the traditional/folk/tribal dance category were Chaya and Maya Khutegaonkar, who received a joint award for Folk dance-Lavani. Let's hope the honour increases awareness for these performing arts.
