Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier

Me tooThis stray gives its own twist to yoga as a man in the background attempts an asana at Dadarrsquos Five Gardens area on TuesdayArt for a causeLady With Bird 1999 Manjit Bawa oil on canvas Pic CourtesyPrinsepsFrom MF Husain to Manjit Bawa rare and esteemed works of modern Indian art are set to go under the hammer at an upcoming auction by Worlibased Prinseps The Modern Art Auction to be held live and online on July 6 will also include four lots wherein 100 per cent of the proceeds will go towards Masina Hospital Welfare for Stray Dogs and Give India ldquoWersquove been working hard behind the scenes to curate this and other upcoming auctions Now with restrictions easing slowly we felt it would be right to start the auction process In this auction wersquove tried very hard to include works from original collectionsrdquo founder and director Indrajit Chatterjee told this diarist Also in the works he revealed are the first NFT auctions in India mdash Gobardhan Ashrsquos Avatars which is a recreation of an exhibition from the 1950s as well as Bhanu Athaiyarsquos sarees The Traditional And the NewLens in homesWinning submissions made by Mandakini MenonThe Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation JNAF held a competition recently as part of Museum Week activities around the globe They called for entries on the theme of Art is Everywhere to highlight how everyday objects and spaces have taken on a new meaning during the lockdownAnita YewaleldquoPeople could send us drawings or photographs and prizes were given to the best three entriesrdquo JNAF director Puja Vaish told this diarist adding that the winners were announced on Monday They are Vasudev M Nair Mandakini Menon and Anita Yewale insetA rainbow for makeup artistesDeepika Padukone Katrina Kaif Anushka Sharma Aishwarya Rai Bachchan mdash there are hardly any Bollywood beauties whom celebrity makeup artist Daniel Bauer hasnrsquot glammed up And now you might have a chance to be personally mentored by Bauer and win a scholarship worth 15 lakh at the Mumbai or Delhi branch of Daniel Bauer Makeup Academy To celebrate Pride Month Bauer has collaborated with a popular LAbased makeup brand that will provide a scholarship at the academy The contest is open to anyone who belongs and supports the LGBTQiA community All yoursquove got to do is create and share your beauty looks and tag the collaborators on social media ldquoIrsquom of mixed race mdash not fully German not fully Australian not fully Indian but 100 per cent me Growing up I never really fitted in anywhere I was too Asianlooking to be German too Germansounding to be Australian too straight to be gay too gay to be just another regular guy I found acceptance in the world of makeup and I have found enormous happiness from my life in India I am a man of Pride and I want to give back to the community that has given me so muchrdquo Bauer told this diarist He will fully support a deserving artiste of the LGBTQiA community at his academy ldquoItrsquos a hard time for many people due to the pandemic especially those in the field of makeup With this being Pride Month itrsquos the perfect time to celebrate and support the communityrdquo he addedShillong Chamber Choir loses a lightAbhishek P extreme right with Zakir Hussain centre PicFacebookThe globallyacclaimed Shillong Chamber Choir SCC lost an integral member recently when Abhishek P the ensemblersquos drummer passed away He was in his mid30s and Abhishek had joined SCC in 2011 ldquoHe started with the tabla but gradually moved to percussion playing darbuka dholak and drum pads We will miss his versatility enormously since he could play Indian classical music or Punjabi songs and then move into disco beats with ease He was also instrumental in composing one of our most popular songs Something new which Ustad Zakir Hussain had namedrdquo recalled SCC lead singer William RichmondRain men missingOne typical Mumbai facet that has gone into oblivion since the pandemic is roadside vendors who would come to car windows to peddle their wares The big colourful umbrella was a staple in the Mumbai rains But the rainbowhued quintessentially Mumbai chhaatas and their silvertongued sprightly sellers are nowhere to be seen this monsoon season thanks to the lockdownlike restrictions We await their return like so much else that gives the Maximum City its unique identity