<h2>Woman&rsquo;s World</h2>
<p>A pedestrian walks past a montage of wedding photographs outside a decorator&rsquo;s studio in Dadar West.<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-holi-2026-mumbai-in-multi-colour-as-city-celebrates-festival-of-hues-109945" rel="nofollow">https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-holi-2026-mumbai-in-multi-colour-as-city-celebrates-festival-of-hues-109945</a></p>
<h2>Mic check with Boman</h2>
<p><img title="Boman Irani hits the perfect pitch with the band in Tardeo. PIC COURTESY/BAND24" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/mar/dos-seven-march-b_e.jpg" alt="Boman Irani hits the perfect pitch with the band in Tardeo. PIC COURTESY/BAND24" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Boman Irani hits the perfect pitch with the band in Tardeo. PIC COURTESY/BAND24</em></strong></p>
<p>If you thought you&rsquo;d heard the best of Boman Irani after his rendition of Frank Sinatra&rsquo;s My Way went viral last week, you&rsquo;re wrong. Recently, a select few who had gathered at Adenwalla Baug in Tardeo for a private celebration were witness to the actor&rsquo;s musical prowess. From the Bee Gees&rsquo;s version of Words, to John Denver&rsquo;s Annie&rsquo;s Song, the actor was on a roll, we heard. &ldquo;The event was supposed to be a quiet, slow celebration. But Boman sir amped up the whole vibe,&rdquo; revealed Willie Pereira, whose group Band24 was performing at the soir&eacute;e. Did they have to get Irani up to speed before the show went on? &ldquo;Not at all. He is an excellent singer with an exceptional vocal range. As musicians, we have some tricks of the trades that only fellow musicians understand. Boman sir appeared to already know all the secrets,&rdquo; Pereira added. Quite the Chhupa Rustom, if you ask us.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>More room for coffee</h2>
<p><img title="The restaurant&rsquo;s familiar painted facade in Bandra West" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/mar/dos-seven-march-c_e.jpg" alt="The restaurant&rsquo;s familiar painted facade in Bandra West" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>The restaurant&rsquo;s familiar painted facade in Bandra West</em></strong></p>
<p>The new season will bring a new destination for cafe hoppers in Bandra. A few days ago, the popular cafe, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/mumbai-food/article/with-an-extra-shot-of-asia-23345139?button=next" rel="nofollow">MOKAI</a>, announced plans to shutter their Chapel Road venue to move to a new space. &ldquo;Since the old space needed renovation anyway, the call was taken to move operations for the time being, and get the team accustomed to working in a larger environment while the necessary fixes at the original location are completed,&rdquo; revealed founder Karrena Bulchandani. Coffee lovers need not worry though. The cafe will stay in the suburb with a &lsquo;larger, experience-driven&rsquo; space that will open on March 19. &ldquo;The emphasis will remain on the experience, the food, and the overall offering,&rdquo; Bulchandani told us.</p>
<p><img title="Karrena Bulchandani" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/mar/dos-seven-march-d_e.jpg" alt="Karrena Bulchandani" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Karrena Bulchandani</em></strong></p>
<h2>Deja vu for the Blues?&nbsp;</h2>
<p><img title="Netizens turn to memes in a bid to reverse the Ahmedabad jinx. PICS COURTESY/INSTAGRAM" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/mar/dos-seven-march-e_e.jpg" alt="Netizens turn to memes in a bid to reverse the Ahmedabad jinx. PICS COURTESY/INSTAGRAM" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Netizens turn to memes in a bid to reverse the Ahmedabad jinx. PICS COURTESY/INSTAGRAM</em></strong></p>
<p>Trust Indian cricket fans to pull all strings this Sunday, including some adorned with the desi powers of limbu-mirchi to reverse the Indian cricket team&rsquo;s recent run at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Following the unforgettable upset at the 2024 ODI World Cup against Australia, and the recent loss to South Africa, the Internet is flooding with memes of anxious fans warding away the supposed jinx ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Our favourite is a spirited fan who performed a full purification ritual of an image of the stadium on his screen. This diarist may be a sceptic but with a final on the line, everything goes.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Poster power and Pari hoon main</h2>
<p><img title="The poster by (right) Pari Nirmal  captures the festival&rsquo;s theme" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/mar/dos-seven-march-f_e.jpg" alt="The poster by (right) Pari Nirmal  captures the festival&rsquo;s theme" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>The poster by (right) Pari Nirmal &nbsp;captures the festival&rsquo;s theme</em></strong></p>
<p>The annual poster contest for the 17th Kashish Pride Film Festival 2026 has a new winner in Pari Nirmal, a Mumbai-based designer. The annual film festival platforming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) films, Kashish is set to be held in the city from June 3 to 7. The festival is preceded by a poster competition with people invited to design a poster revolving around the theme for the specific edition. &nbsp;The winning entry for 2026 was picked from around 35 submissions across the country. Nirmal said, &ldquo;The theme &lsquo;Reflect, Resonate, Rejoice!&rsquo; struck a chord.&rdquo; The 3Rs theme festival director Sridhar Rangayan said, &ldquo;is an invitation to embrace the full emotional spectrum of queer life&rdquo;. The winner receives a Kashish golden butterfly trophy as well as a cash award of R20,000. The design will be used across all creatives of the festival: posters, billboards, cinema slides and paraphernalia.</p>

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