Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier

May I fish InA cattle egret is perched beside a fisherwoman as she cleans the dayrsquos catch at Malad WestThanersquos new house of booksA moment from the book clubrsquos first session Pic courtesyHouse of ChaptersThere is magic brewing in Thane A new book club House of Chapters is moving away from silent reading to a community of opinionated readers ldquoWe wanted to build a community of people who wanted to find and discuss their love for booksrdquo shared cofounder Satabdi Paul Along with cofounders Kenishaa Bagde and Abha Raverkar Paul hosted the first session of the club in Thane last Sunday The club is divided into four houses mdash House of Halo romance House of Lore nonfiction House of Silverlake literary fiction and House of Stormquill fantasy scifi ldquoNot unlike Hogwartsrdquo Paul remarkedBeing superhuman is like being SomanMilind Soman in Panjim is strong through the finishMilind Soman fitness icon finished the Fit Indian Run 2025 from Mumbai to Goa on June 30 Monday afternoon 3 pm to be precise flying across the finish line in Panjim Goa Soman the Shivaji Park running locomotive who started off from his home ground in Dadar West on June 26 early morning with this newspaper reporting the start of his run cycled and ran approximately 90 km cycling and 21 km running daily through the five days to complete the 558km distance Somanrsquos solo sojourn traversed the scenic but demanding terrain of the Konkan Coast passing through Pen Kolad Chiplun Ratnagiri and Kankavali concluding in Goa on Monday noon The land of sun sand sea and susegad also became one of sweat and spirit as Soman breezed through in a feat of endurance and mental grit Singleminded stirring and strong Soman can unwind with chicken soup for the soul and his soles tooThe IndiaKorea jam sessionActing on a special request from Indians in Korea an organisation aiming to celebrate August 15 which happens to be the day of Independence for both nations Snehil Dandwate below a citybased singer reached out to Aty inset an independent artiste from Korea for a HindiKorean song that perfectly captured the essence of both nations ldquoWe wanted to celebrate August 15 since it is special for India and Korea It is one of the things that bridges both countriesrdquo shares Dandwate Donning a kurta and hanbok both performers made sure that the important date was made even more special for Indians and Koreans You can catch Dandwate on snehilindo on Instagram performing Kdrama OSTsToast for Tyson the fast bowling guruExMumbai allrounder Amit Dani centre former India pacers Balvinder Singh Sandhu and Abey Kuruvilla middayrsquos deputy editor Clayton Murzello Paras Mhambrey India fast bowler who was the national teamrsquos bowling coach until last year cricket consultant Dr Makarand Waingankar and Salil Ankola who made his Test debut alongside Sachin Tendulkar in 1989 at MIG Cricket Club Bandra on Monday PICSpecial arrangement in black and white Frank TysonIf fellow patrons were a touch surprised to see a group standing with their glasses raised at the MIG Cricket Club bar in Bandra East on Monday evening they had good reason to be For itrsquos not often a bunch that includes four strapping former India pace bowlers stand up to pay homage to a mentor The man they lsquostood up forrsquo was Frank Tyson whose 95th birth anniversary was marked on June 6 The England pace terror helmed a bowling scheme in Mumbai during the early 1990s which helped bring to the fore future India pacemen like Abey Kuruvilla and Paras Mhambrey Salil Ankola who played one Test in 1989 made a comeback into the side thanks to the Bombay Cricket AssociationMafatlal Bowling Scheme They were all present at MIG CC along with 1983 World Cupwinning swing bowler Balvinder Singh Sandhu a coach in the scheme exMumbai allrounder Amit Dani and Dr Makarand Waingankar the schemersquos chief coordinator All those at that table owed a lot to the late Tyson and they had no hesitation in saying so in unison The gathering would have been larger had some of Tysonrsquos students been free Quite a few of them are involved in cricket Their absence for a genuine reason told a tale mdash Frank Sir built stepping stones for their future careers tooTheatre call in ChimbaiA moment from the performance at the new venue Pic CourtesyJGSA different story has been wafting through the lanes of Bandrarsquos Chimbai village This neighbourhood have acquired a new performance venue in Chimbai Village Theatre by the Jeff Goldberg Studio ldquoThe idea was to create a new theatre space in the heart of Bandra We realised that the neighbourhood has few performance venues and those centred on theatre were located towards Juhu and Andheri We held our first show with an original play on June 6 by our graduating batch But the space will also be open for fellow theatre makers performers and artistes for workshops sessions and experimentationsrdquo shared Melville Fernandes business operations manager for Jeff Goldberg Studio