Wagging in the waves
This pooch seems to be enjoying splashing in the sea off Juhu as much as his humans are.
India’s bold new design
Design POV offers a window into the future of spatial and sensory design
This weekend, Design POV 2025 has marked a defining moment for Indian design. Held at Jio World Convention Centre, the three-day showcase that ends today reimagines the future of design through a powerful blend of innovation, materiality, and storytelling. Under the visionary theme “Echoes of Tomorrow”, the event has brought together India’s leading architects, artists, and material innovators for a boundary-breaking conversation on what’s next.
At its core, literally and conceptually, is The Core, a central installation where 19 of India’s top studios were given complete creative freedom to build without briefs or limits. The results? Bold, personal, and rooted in the Indian context — each a window into the future of spatial and sensory design.
“Design POV isn’t just another design show — it’s a rare space for bold, unapologetic expression,” says founder Asif Sataar. “It proves that design thinking knows no boundaries — and that India’s creative future is already taking shape.”
Conceptualised by Totality Solutions and powered by Tabu, EBM, and Birla Opus Paints, Design POV 2025 proves that the future of Indian design isn’t arriving quietly — it’s here, loud and beautifully designed.
What to do when parenting your bachcha
Aalap Deboor
Much Much Media is launching a new chat show on parenting in Hindi, hosted by developmental paediatrician Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy. Aimed at middle-class Indian families, the show offers science-backed insights by experts, and real-world conversations with people with lived experience for parents raising children aged 0 to 18. From screen time and mental health to disability and inclusive parenting, it covers the most pressing issues of modern-day child-rearing. The invite-only launch is on July 5, and episodes begin airing mid-July on the Much Much Media YouTube channel, with a social campaign on Instagram at @MuchMuchSpectrum.
“As a clinician, I’ve always been struck by how open to change families of any background can be, provided we give them the language and opportunity to start such discussions,” says Dr Krishnamurthy, who has founded Ummeed Child Development Centre. “There’s parenting advice everywhere but most of it is in English and feels too clinical. We wanted to change that,” says founder of Much Much Media, Aalap Deboor.
Strangers in the night on song
Medha Sahi (centre) leads the Strangers’ Choir
How does one get a group of complete strangers to sing in tune and time with absolute harmony within a matter of hours? And is this the answer to world peace?
The Strangers’ Choir (@thestrangerschoirgoa on Instagram), led by founder and facilitator Medha Sahi, is for the first time bringing this experience to Mumbai, with two sessions today at Method Art Gallery in Kala Ghoda and Anaahat Wellness Centre in Juhu. The Strangers’ Choir does not need any prior experience in singing — anyone can sign up. Anyone who’s accustomed to singing will know how hard this is to do in a choir, even with practice, so it’s another feat altogether that Sahi manages to accomplish this with strangers in a matter of hours.
How does she do it? She says, “The most crucial part of Strangers’ Choir, without which it would be impossible, is that people working together thrive. Most people can already sing! It’s just a matter of putting them in a situation where they feel comfortable. Plus, they support each other more than they know, they’re able to harmonise well because no one sings any part alone.”
A selector in a playing XI? Yes
Cyril Washbrook. Pic/Getty Images
Our in-house cricket nut has got hold of another rare book — The Test matches of 1956 by EW Swanton, the well-travelled departed English writer.
Cricket nut informs us that it was in this Ashes series that England recalled 41-year-old batsman Cyril Washbrook for the third Test at Headingley, the ground where the Indian team succumbed to a five-wicket defeat in Leeds last week.
Recalling a player for a Test at that age is extraordinary, but what was more astonishing was that Washbrook was part of the England selection committee. Apparently, the selectors wanted to make some changes after the loss in the previous Test at Lord’s. Washbrook was asked to leave the selection meeting when his name was discussed. He made it in the Peter May-led XI, scored 98 and England won by an innings and 42 runs.
As for Swanton, the author of the book, he quoted Washbrook as saying before the Test: “One does not refuse to play for England. I will do my very best — but it won’t be easy.” It turned out to be so true.
