<h2>Every little prayer is heard</h2>
<p>Two young boys join hundreds of faithful to offer <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-mumbai-offers-eid-al-adha-prayers-with-faith-and-devotion-111317/12" rel="nofollow">Eid-Al-Adha prayers near Bandra railway station</a> on Thursday.</p>
<h2>Runs in the family</h2>
<p><img title="Sunil Shanbag; (right) Shernaz Patel. File pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-twenty-eght-may-b_e.jpg" alt="Sunil Shanbag; (right) Shernaz Patel. File pic" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Sunil Shanbag; (right) Shernaz Patel. File pic</em></strong></p>
<p>It will be a conversation among friends at Andheri this Sunday. Theatremaker Shernaz Patel will join Sunil Shanbag for a conversation at Studio Tamaasha. &ldquo;It is part of our ongoing Talking Theatre series. Shernaz [Patel] has an interesting history, having grown up with parents in Gujarati and Parsi theatre, and her own journey through English and Gujarati theatre. It will be a nice, long conversation among friends and colleagues,&rdquo; shared the studio&rsquo;s co-founder Shanbag.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Benching problems at Pali</h2>
<p><img title="A view of the bench in the lane outside the gallery. File pics/Satej Shinde" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-twenty-eght-may-cc_e.jpg" alt="A view of the bench in the lane outside the gallery. File pics/Satej Shinde" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>A view of the bench in the lane outside the gallery. File pics/Satej Shinde</em></strong></p>
<p>On May 3, mid-day covered the flashpoint between the community and influencers at Ranwar (Whose Bandra is it, by the way?). In neighbouring Pali Village, gallerist Ayesha Parikh is raising a similar issue around the popular bench outside her gallery, Art and Charlie. &ldquo;The apathy towards a community space that the bench is, or discourteous behaviour to patrons frustrates me,&rdquo; she revealed. Some production units even end up damaging the bench. &ldquo;Commercial shoots must respect the space, the copyrights, and the community,&rdquo; added Parikh, who shared a list of grievances on the gallery&rsquo;s social media. It looks like Bandra is losing patience with the cameras.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img title="Ayesha Parikh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-twenty-eght-may-d_e.jpg" alt="Ayesha Parikh" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Ayesha Parikh</em></strong></p>
<h2>Say it on the cover</h2>
<p><img title="Covers by Bena Sareen and Pinaki De; Bena Sareen, Shashi Tharoor, and Alka Pande at the award ceremony. Pics Courtesy/@oxfordbookstores" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-twenty-eght-may-e_e.jpg" alt="Covers by Bena Sareen and Pinaki De; Bena Sareen, Shashi Tharoor, and Alka Pande at the award ceremony. Pics Courtesy/@oxfordbookstores" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Covers by Bena Sareen and Pinaki De; Bena Sareen, Shashi Tharoor, and Alka Pande at the award ceremony. Pics Courtesy/@oxfordbookstores</em></strong></p>
<p>It was none other than the<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/congress-mp-shashi-tharoor-refuses-award-named-after-vd-savarkar-23607212" rel="nofollow"> Internet&rsquo;s favourite sesquipedalian Shashi Tharoor</a>, who broke the thumb rule of not judging a book&rsquo;s cover, at the 11th Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize. The event in New Delhi saw Bena Sareen bag the prize for the cover of My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar. The jury that included academician Alka Pande and Tharoor also announced two special appreciations: Pinaki De for Carnival: A Novel by Sayam Bandyopadhyay, and Shadab Khan for The Remains of the Body by Saikat Majumdar. These striking artworks had us going, &ldquo;Oh my word!&rdquo;</p>
<p><img title="Pinaki De" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-twenty-eght-may-f_e.jpg" alt="Pinaki De" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Pinaki De</em></strong></p>
<h2>Turbulence over Kamshet</h2>
<p><img title="A paraglider learns the ropes in Kamshet.  Pic Courtesy/Fly Nirvana" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/dos-twenty-eght-may-g_e.jpg" alt="A paraglider learns the ropes in Kamshet.  Pic Courtesy/Fly Nirvana" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>A paraglider learns the ropes in Kamshet. &nbsp;Pic Courtesy/Fly Nirvana</em></strong></p>
<p>I believe I can fly. Actually, not anymore, if you ask the paragliders in Kamshet. The community is quietly protesting against a proposed high-tension power line at the base of the popular Tower Hill. &ldquo;Every year, hundreds of new pilots are trained here. The terrain is perfect for training hobby pilots from across the country. If Tower Hill is obstructed, the fundamental training pipeline stops,&rdquo; said paraglider Sanjay Rao.</p>

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