COFFEE CONVERSATIONS & CHRISTMAS CHEER

Over coffee at Wellington Mews, my friend Sanu Seth from New York—confessed, “Mumbai gives me anxiety.

- NISHA'S MUMBAI Nisha JamVwal

The pace is too racy. I don't know if I could ever live here.” And yet, here we all are, navigating it with alacrity and affection. Especially now, when the city slips into what we call ‘Decembering’—a spirited blur of shows, edits, fairs, awards, panels, theatre, cinema, and, inevitably, Christmas parties. Mumbai doesn't slow down; it simply teaches you to find your own rhythm in the city that never sleeps!A literary voyage

Reading yet again for my first publisher, Khalid Ansari founder of Mid-Day, was a pleasure—this time for his book Turkey, Greece & Croatia. What made the evening even more special was sharing the space with theatre stalwarts Sabira Merchant and Dolly Thakore. I was told I held my own by many guests some whom I didn’t even know—high praise, considering Sabira’s Shakespearean pedigree. And while I'll take what he says with a pinch salt it does feel great to be in the company of the greats of Mumbai theatre!

Light in a troubled world