12 May,2021 04:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
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A maskless shopkeeper performs a morning ritual outside his store in Goregaon East.
Although at this point, we really shouldn't need any added motivation to go get the jab, artisanal baked goodies brand, The Baker's Dozen, is whipping up a delicious reason to ensure we get our dose. They're offering fresh bakes until June 30 to anyone above the age of 18, who has taken one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. All you have to do is get vaccinated, and upload your certificate on covid.thebakersdozen.in. About The Dose We Knead campaign, head baker and co-founder Aditi Handa shared, "The biggest step you can take right now is to get vaccinated. However, there are fears regarding the same. We've been discussing the importance of vaccination with our staff, motivating them and addressing their fears. We always wanted to do more to encourage vaccination, and that's how we came up with this campaign to spread joy in these trying times."
A rare photograph of Padamsee with his Bolex camera, shot by filmmaker Nandan Kudhyadi, published in âContemporary Indian Artists' (1978), Geeta Kapur, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. Pic Courtesy/JNAF
A recently held Akbar Padamsee retrospective at the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation (JNAF) included artworks by him in their collection that spanned five decades. "It was a testament to the fact that deep dialogue was always a part of his artistic process, which included philosophy, history, art and aesthetics", director Puja Vaish told this diarist, while sharing about his interdisciplinary approach. "Through the exhibition and its outreach, we aim to address the multi-layered aspects of Padamsee's practice and the people whose work he had an impact on," she added. And, an upcoming panel discussion, titled An Exploded View, on Saturday, is a step in this direction.
Puja Vaish
"In the 1960s, after receiving the Nehru Fellowship, instead of expending the Rs 3 lakh for his own use, Padamsee set up the Vision Exchange Workshop [VIEW] between 1969 and 1972 at his Napean Sea Road apartment with film and printing equipment. VIEW invited practitioners across disciplines to experiment with new media and collaborate," said Vaish, adding that significant works were produced thanks to it. The discussion will feature cultural theorist and curator Nancy Adajania, who places VIEW as an important node in the history of new media art in India. "We invited Adajania to conceive a panel that addresses new media experiments through and beyond VIEW. The panelists are Ashim Ahluwalia, Meg Harris Williams and Nina Sugati," she said. Selected films by the panelists, such as Events In a Cloud Chamber and Breaking Ground, will be available for viewing in the run up to the talk.
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One of the most followed dogs on social media, Halo, crossed the rainbow bridge last week. She was the face of the popular Thoughts of a Dog Twitter account that has 3.6 million followers, most of who will remember the nine-year-old in the iconic frame posing with a watermelon slice. Known for its warm, sensitive thoughts and witty observations of life as a dog, the account resonated among hoomans, who were naturally heartbroken to hear the news of her passing. Her photo was first submitted to and featured on @weratedogs, their equally popular sister account in 2016; since then, she became a social media sensation. With permission from Halo's family, the account creators will continue to use Halo's image as their profile pic to remind the world of a furry friend who made them smile despite the gloom.
We're intrigued to hear that 20 teens from across Mumbai and Pune not only got German lessons through popular webcomics, but also created a few of their own. The workshops were organised by Goethe-Institut/Max Müller Bhavan Mumbai, and the teens' creations will soon be up on their social media handles, shared Nikita Ahuja, project manager for educational support service. "They learnt through popular comic strips like Chacha Chaudhary. They also explored storytelling concepts and character development, while learning new German skills," she added. Teacher Amrita Dhara (inset), who helmed the camp, said the idea was to incorporate humour, memes, and other creative practices in learning. "Young people connect with comics. So, the aim was to improve their German, and help them express themselves in a fun, creative way," she added. Sehr schon.
Sachin Kamani. Pic/Guy Hershberg
There's nothing like a glass of chilled aam panna on a hot summer day. If you'd like to raise a glass to our frontline workers, who are sweating it out in their PPEs to save lives, theatre practitioner Sachin Kamani has a sweet fix. Kamani, who started selling amla sherbet and aam panna amid the pandemic after theatres shuttered, is inviting people to sponsor a bottle of the mango delicacy for frontline workers. "My mother and I were preparing nimbu and amla sherbet one day, and a friend offered to buy it. That's how it started," he said. Recently, while distributing biryani boxes among his tailor friends and the underprivileged for Ramzan, he chanced upon the idea to deliver aam panna among our healthcare heroes, too. To lend him a hand, drop a message on 9820529102.
