<h2>Sitting idol</h2>
<p>A woman carries an idol of goddess Yelamma on her head on the streets of Bandra</p>
<h2>For art&rsquo;s sake</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Students-Biennale_e.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Encountered during their visit to Sir JJ School of Art for the biennale</em></strong></p>
<p>The Students&rsquo; Biennale at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23 will be curated by Mumbai-based artists Saviya Lopes and Yogesh Barve. Barve believes in building a common ground among viewers, artists, mentors and peers to initiate conversation and bridge the gap between studying art-making and creating contemporary art.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Saviya-Yogesh_e.jpg" alt="A picture of the artworks that Saviya Lopes and Yogesh Barve" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>A picture of the artworks that Saviya Lopes and Yogesh Barve</em></strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;This facilitates exposure for artists and opens up their work to possibilities,&rdquo; Lopes told us. The application call for students from Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh closed last weekend.</p>
<h2>Learn the fun way</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Dinosaur-model-painting_e.jpg" alt="Kids participate in a dinosaur model painting workshop held by the centre" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Kids participate in a dinosaur model painting workshop held by the centre</em></strong></p>
<p>Aren&rsquo;t our fondest vacation memories about play-learning? Activities that immerse the senses while offering novelty for the future, attract kids. In Govandi&rsquo;s community library &mdash; Next Page Centre &mdash; Diwali vacation means vacay plus education. Young coordinators at the centre are using the two-week-long Diwali break to take kids on a trip to discover India. &ldquo;The educational trip will be conducted through a series of fun sessions by our college-going members. The topics have been selected by the 30 to 35 kids who usually sign up for our morning workshops. However, the overarching theme is India. While a history session will cover happenings from the Big Bang to the Harappan civilisation, our section on role models will include stories about icons such as Mother Teresa, Ratan Tata, Dr BR Ambedkar, among others,&rdquo; centre founder Anoop Parik told this diarist.</p>
<h2>From the pages of history</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/NARA-a_e.jpg" alt="Nara 4 by Pushpamala N. PIC COURTESY/CHEMOULD" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>Nara 4 by Pushpamala N. PIC COURTESY/CHEMOULD</em></strong></p>
<p>A new exhibition that will open at Chemould Prescott Road in Fort on November 3, caught this diarist&rsquo;s eye for its unique concept. Bengaluru-based photo artist Pushpamala N&rsquo;s series, Documenta Indica, explores mysterious historical signages and other street and public protest ephemera. &ldquo;My approach to sculpturing is no different than my approach to photo art. In both mediums, I create with reference to archiving, documenting and recreating. The name Documenta Indica reflects my fascination for 19th century forms such as copper plates that carried inscriptions. These were used as documents for remembrance or communication. The show conveys that my creations are documents of what&rsquo;s happening in the world,&rdquo; Pushpamala shared.</p>
<h2>Cooking up with cacao</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Gresham-a_e.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<p>Chocolate fever is set to hit Bengaluru between November 12 to 14. Mumbai chef Gresham Fernandes (below) is among those who are heading south for the two-day long Indian Cacao and Crafts Festival &mdash; the first of its kind in India. The chef revealed that he came on board immediately after listening to the idea since he liked the sound of it. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll explore ingredients from the farm and techniques to make chocolate and try and incorporate it into savoury dishes,&rdquo; the Mumbai-based chef told us. Describing himself as a &lsquo;hot kitchen&rsquo; chef, Fernandes added, &ldquo;I do not cook a lot of desserts. But I am getting a really cool pastry chef, Pankaj Das, who handles our pastry all over India. We are going to put up some delicious chocolate-y, and some not-so-chocolate-y things in the end. The idea is to have fun.&rdquo;</p>
<h2>Green is good</h2>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Selfie-point-2_e.jpg" alt="Three boys pose on the wooden bike for a picture" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<p>When in a garden, do you prefer to soak in some vitamin D or click selfies? At Shahid Tukaram Omble Garden in Borivali West, you can do both. The BMC recently installed an eco-friendly selfie point in the garden that&rsquo;s fashioned from the fallen branches of peltophorum and tamarind trees.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/oct/Selfie-point-1_e.jpg" alt="Three boys pose on the wooden bike for a picture" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>Three boys pose on the wooden bike for a picture</em></strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;The idea is to woo the youth into these green spaces. Sustainable re-purposing of big branches that cannot be transplanted can also be carried out in housing societies,&rdquo; said Jitendra Pardeshi, trees and gardens superintendent.</p>

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