<h2>Green signal</h2>
<p>A flock of parrots perch on a light tower near the railway yard in Kalyan</p>
<h2>It&rsquo;s layered</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Ayesha-art-a_e.jpg" alt="Integration_228 by Ayesha Taleyarkhan" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>Integration_228 by Ayesha Taleyarkhan</em></strong></p>
<p>City-based photo-artist Ayesha Taleyarkhan recently released her series, Integration &mdash; a deep-dive into the spirit of festivities during this time of the year. The artist&rsquo;s curious exploration of gods and goddesses such as Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganesha or celebratory episodes like Dussehra and Ramlila bear the characteristic impression of an optical illusion. She noted, &ldquo;The effect that&rsquo;s evident in my art is achieved by blending multiple images. The series is called Integration, as opposed to division, as it embodies the unifying nature of divinity &mdash; something that&rsquo;s different for different individuals.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>It&rsquo;s time to be scared stiff</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Rishabh-Goswami-a_e.jpg" alt="An illustration from Playthings by artist Rishabh Goswami. PIC COURTESY/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>An illustration from Playthings by artist Rishabh Goswami. PIC COURTESY/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA</em></strong></p>
<p>Halloween is just round the corner and lovers of horror fiction might &mdash; like this diarist &mdash; want to read scary tales for the seasonal taste of grisly feels. Tapping into the sentiment, author Neil D&rsquo;Silva is ready with his new children&rsquo;s title, Playthings &mdash; toys of terror. About the evergreen charm of shock and fear, the writer shared with this diarist, &ldquo;Reading spooky stories is like an adventure into the unknown. We are all trying to get something that sends a chill up our spine because it&rsquo;s unexplained and bizarre.&rdquo; His book follows the protagonist, Karun, who is being chased by a toy clown that was thrown away by him several times. Karun seeks the help of The Fearless Four &mdash; a paranormal investigative agency. &ldquo;As a child, I binged on teen detective series such as The Famous Five, Three Investigators and Hardy Boys. The idea of a group of youngsters joining hands and solving mysteries by finding one clue after the other was such fun. I wrote a book where kids solve mysteries that can&rsquo;t be rationally explained,&rdquo; he shared. The title will be released in Mumbai today.</p>
<h2>Mumbai&rsquo;s melting pot of stories</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Karthikaar_e.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<p>Do narratives that reflect the sights and sounds of a city you deeply love, excite you differently? For city bookworms, a brand new acquisition by Westland Books &mdash; tentatively called Mumbai Stories &mdash; will be published in 2023. Written by celebrated Kannada author, poet and playwright Jayant Kaikini, who has also won the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award, the book will have a connection with the metropolis in some way or the other. &ldquo;This book has won many prestigious prizes. Kaikini is an acclaimed writer. The stories that have been chosen and brought together in this volume are about people&rsquo;s lives in Mumbai. Every story doesn&rsquo;t unfold in the city but it&rsquo;s linked to it, nonetheless. Currently, the collection is being translated into English by Tejaswini Niranjana,&rdquo; shared Karthika VK (left), publisher of the book. The title includes tales about a trapeze artist of Diamond Circus, a village boy working as a domestic help in a city family and a chawl resident who sets up a kite business, among other fascinating stories.</p>
<h2>Caravan culture</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Turkish-food_e.jpg" alt="Turkish dips inspired by Bhat&rsquo;s trip" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>Turkish dips inspired by Bhat&rsquo;s trip</em></strong></p>
<p>Historically, trade and conquest facilitated the spread of flavours. Take for instance, the Silk Route. Imagine travel-weary traders from different corners exchanging ingredients, their meals for the journey, or food memories at caravanserais or roadside inns. Cultural facilitator Aparna Bhat (below) is keen to recreate a caravan serai in Khar, at A Journey Along The Silk Route, on November 6. &ldquo;Participants will learn to make biang biang noodles, which are from Xi&rsquo;an, China, where the route originates. They&rsquo;ll eat a meal with dishes from regions along the route &mdash; Italy, Iran, Turkey, and parts of Central Asia,&rdquo; she said. Participants will be encouraged to bring along something that represents stories from their culture, for instance, a photograph or an ingredient. &ldquo;This will recreate an exchange of ideas that would happen in a caravanserai,&rdquo; she added.</p>

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