<h2>Har doggy ka din aata hai</h2>
A furry participant has made his way to the sets of Kaun Banega Crorepati (Marathi) in Filmcity, Goregaon East
<h2>In the matters of the heart</h2>
A normal ECG may look reassuring, but it does not always mean the heart is safe. According to senior consultant cardiologist Dr Siddharth V Dagli, &ldquo;up to 10 per cent of patients experiencing an active heart attack will have a completely normal ECG.&rdquo; He explains, &ldquo;The heart is divided into regions &mdash; front, sides, and back. The ECG is excellent at detecting damage to the front and sides of the heart, but it&rsquo;s remarkably blind to damage at the back and right side.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Dr-Siddharth-V-Dagli_1791070902_s.jpg" alt="Dr Siddharth V Dagli" width="1280" height="720" /> Dr Siddharth V Dagli
&ldquo;In the very earliest phase of a heart attack, sometimes the first few minutes to hours, the ECG looks completely normal. A patient arriving at the emergency room during this window has a normal ECG despite active, ongoing heart muscle death.&rdquo;
Dr Dagli says this is why a single ECG should not be treated as enough to rule out a heart attack. Troponin I, a blood test that detects damage to heart muscle, is another crucial part of the diagnosis. However, even that test can be normal during the first few hours.
&ldquo;The proper way to diagnose a heart attack is through serial testing,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;An immediate troponin test, a repeat ECG after 15 minutes and another troponin measurement after three hours.&rdquo;
He also flags women, younger patients, diabetics, and people with previous heart attacks as groups in whom diagnosis can be more easily missed. &ldquo;A normal ECG that sends a patient home is not reassuring; it&rsquo;s dangerous,&rdquo; he says.
His advice for patients with persistent chest pain is simple: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t leave.&rdquo; If symptoms continue or return after being sent home, he recommends going back to the emergency room immediately.
<h2>From waste to wonder</h2>
Pune-based designer Karishma Shahani Khan is in town at 47A. She&rsquo;s brought along her explorations in reconstruction, craft, and material reuse to Khotachiwadi. The showcase is titled TARA by Ka-Sha and will be on display at the gallery starting today.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Karishma-Khan_1791070935_s.jpg" alt="Karishma Shahani Khan" width="1280" height="720" /> Karishma Shahani Khan
TARA, for Shahani Khan, is an opportunity to bring together the different explorations that have shaped her designer label, Ka-Sha, over the years. &ldquo;It goes beyond discarded materials and looks at how we approach reconstruction, craft, experimentation, and what already exists,&rdquo; she says.
At the heart of this approach is Heart to Haat, Ka-Sha&rsquo;s initiative born out of a desire to rethink production waste. Leftover textiles, pre-loved garments, and seemingly incidental materials such as beads, buttons, and wires are reworked into new garments and accessories.
&ldquo;Since we work with what already exists, every piece becomes unique. It has reinforced our belief in looking at materials for their possibilities rather than their original purpose,&rdquo; Khan adds. Through this showcase, you can take a look at Ka-Sha&rsquo;s memories, experiments, techniques and new directions.
<h2>It was Kiri who contacted Lillee!</h2>
Australian cricket great Dennis Lillee&rsquo;s role in the MRF Pace Foundation is well documented. He spearheaded the Chennai-based Foundation that produced many a fast bowling talent.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Syed-Kirmani_1791071088_s.jpg" alt="Syed Kirmani and Dennis Lillee" width="1280" height="720" /> Syed Kirmani and Dennis Lillee
But how did Lillee get involved in a coaching programme which MRF&rsquo;s then boss Ravi Mammen drove? This diarist found out through a book, written by Richie Benaud&rsquo;s brother John, also a Test player and a national selector.
In Matters of Choice, Benaud wrote: &ldquo;In 1985, a New Zealand motor car company had sponsored Dennis [Lillee] to coach young Kiwi fast bowlers; word spread as fast as a Lillee outswinger and the flow-on was a letter to Dennis from, not Australia as you might expect, but India. From Syed Kirmani, the Indian wicketkeeper.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Soon, Dennis met with a young Indian businessman, Ravi Mammen, of the Madras Rubber Factory. Ravi had a vision for Indian cricket &mdash; that when their teams went to faraway places they would no longer struggle because they had no fast bowlers. The MRF Pace Foundation was born.&rdquo; Time to say thanks to Bengaluru-based Kiri for that late 1980s letter.
<h2>A road trip, a teenage life</h2>
Priyanka Pradhan, award-winning author, journalist, and travel writer, is launching her second book Wrong Turns Only, a contemporary young adult novel published by Rupa Publications India.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Priyanka-a_1791070964_s.jpg" alt="Priyanka Pradhan" width="1280" height="720" /> Priyanka Pradhan
Pradhan brings over two decades of experience across television journalism, features, travel writing, and publishing, having worked with various media houses. Wrong Turns Only follows fifteen-year-old Tashi, who reluctantly joins her estranged mother on a three-week road trip along India&rsquo;s coastline after years of believing she was abandoned.&nbsp;
&ldquo;In my YA novel Wrong Turns Only, I wanted to capture the surprises that come when life refuses to follow the plan. Tashi&rsquo;s road trip with her mother takes her through unexpected places and changes the way she sees herself and the people she loves.
&ldquo;I hope young readers finish the book feeling that you don&rsquo;t need to have everything figured out. Sometimes the people you meet and the choices you make along the way help you find your own way forward.&rdquo;

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