The city — sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
The boy who continues to live
The Harry Potter stories refuse to end. After disappointing fans of the boy wizard with the eight book — essentially a stage play script — rumour has it that this isn’t the end. JK Rowling hasn’t officially announced the releases, but according to new reports, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Apple’s US iBook store, all have the books listed.
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A still from the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The books are titled Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists; Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies; and Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide. The first book is said to reveal a back story about the cat-loving, Ministry of Magic tyrant Professor Umbridge, and more details about the misguided Horace Slughorn and his relationship with Lord Voldemort.
We are most eager about the second book that will focus on Minerva McGonagall, made immortal by Dame Maggie Smith and our favourite werewolf Remus Lupin. The third book will take readers behind the scenes at Hogwarts. We hope it’s similar to the series, and doesn’t read like fan fiction, something the eight book has been accused of.
Spin doctors inc.
What started as an effort to re-brand American rave culture found its pulse in India - Electronic Dance Music. The Maximum City is notorious for eerie sounds and Bradley Zero (Rhythm Section/ NTS) and Tansane are the latest culprits who will spin at antiSOCIAL (Khar) today.
The London-based DJ’s influences fluctuate between Soul and Reggae. Rhythm Section concentrated on twice a month Vinyl-only dance and they believed there is no musical policy as such to make the listeners dance. Zero is on an India tour and one can anticipate sounds from South East London in the city suburbs.
Tansane will open the set for the night. He is known for blending melodies, harmonies and rhythm to create an exclusive sound sphere. He will add the Indian touch to the set owing to his Jazz and Hindustani Classical acumen.
Retail therapy for brides-to-be
If you’re are looking for a wedding lehenga or jewellery to match your mehendi outfit, keep an eye out for the cool Dhoom Dhaam Wedding Trunk Show, curated by one of Bollywood’s favourite stylists, Tanya Ghavri (in pic), who has handpicked outfits for the Kaifs and Kapoors of the world.
Making her debut as a bridal couture curator, she’s roped in 58 designers from across India for the exhibit that’s slated for early next month at a Lower Parel five-star. These include Meera Muzaffar Ali, Anand Kabra, Jayanti Reddy, Varun Bahl along with Nikhil Thampi and quirky labels like Papa Don’t Preach.
Apart from your trousseau, you can also pick bridal accessories including jewellery and bags. Ghavri shared, “My team of stylists and I will be present, doling out styling advice. Each piece has been curated by me.”
Photographing the selfie
Pic/Atul Kamble
We loved this frame where Amitabh Bachchan attempts to take a selfie with the crowd behind him (not in frame) as his personal photographer Paresh Mehta manages to catch a slice of the action at a college festival in Vile Parle.
Silkworms, a scorpion and Soman
Now that the monsoon season (the second window which has opened up in the year) for running is tapering off, our mind goes to the poster boy of Mumbai long distance running, Shivaji Park native, Milind Soman.
On a recent trip to Thailand, Soman, was tucking into all kinds of cuisine with great gusto. The fit 50-year-old even tried eating a scorpion on Pattaya’s famous street food quarter. He then stated that he had tried silkworms too, when he was in the North East a couple of years ago.
“I ate quite a few of those silkworms, I remember,” he laughed, adding, “I liked the scorpion too; except that a slight rash appeared on my face, for a while after that.” Don’t let that deter the adventurous palate, Milind.
Scare thy sibling
They regaled us with their frothy videos in the 1990s and 2000s with their brand of Hindi Pop music. On Rakshabandhan, brother-sister duo of Shaan and Sagarika were back with a new single, Tum Ho Toh, Man Hoon.
Pic/Sneha Kharabe
Both teamed up for an event around the festival, and seemed happy to croon a few songs, including a Bengali song from their album together, which was their father, Manas Mukherjee’s original composition.
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