I've been on a mission lately. The more that I talk to designers working on ultra-high-quality products... The more I want to understand what it takes to establish a culture of craft. After months I'm starting to notice some clear patterns 👇

First show of Vhay Mee Savitribai in English at Awishkar in Mahim Hopefully Nandita Patkar performs it a couple of thousand times like Sushma Deshpande in Marathi Savitri Phule ✊🏿

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In JP Saab's office-balcony. A final look at the pages. Wrapping up the proofreading of Mumbai Murmurings. A book about theatre in big + badmash Bombay. As they say, to be "out" soon.

Rapid fire round with Srinath Rangamani in a series called "Where are the Designers?". Co-hosted by abhinit ابھنت youtube.com/watch?v=SPFQPx… #designer #uiuxdesign #uiux #productdesign #bangalore #swiggy #gojek #podcast #audiogyan

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See who I met Other than Rajgruh + Chaityabhoomi, I've met him at BIT Chawl + Damodar Hall + Ambedkar Bhavan Also Elphinstone + Sydenham + Siddharth colleges Plus Navsari building in Fort (BATI job) + Hararwala building on NM Joshi Marg (Mooknayak office) + Byculla fish market

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SM Joshi rehearsed for a play in Nashik jail called Mangal Prabhat The superintendent banned the performance. In the play, SM was playing a Muslim character Trivia: SM Joshi lived in a dormitory on Mohammad Ali Road (Byculla) during the Quit India movement. His name: Imaam Ali

My first play I AM I (1987) The one-act swept most awards on the inter-collegiate circuit Inhabited by a bunch of college friends, all of whom steered clear of theatre (quite sensibly, in my view) We rehearsed for 15 weeks in a humungous room in Mithibai College Viva Theatre!

"I thought I knew a thing or two about theatre in India but Ramanathan's book has left me gasping at my ignorance and my former smugness in the same measure" - Dastangoi Collective reviews 'Mumbai Murmurings; 213 Tiny Tales of Theatre' by Ramu Ramanathan hindustantimes.com/books/reviewmu…

Signed copies of 3 Sakina Manzil and Other Plays (Publisher = Orient Blackswan) at Trilogy bookstore in Bandra which is near Joggers Park on Carter's Road Thank you Ahalya Naidu and Meethil Momaya for having created a brilliantly bohemian bookstore that's a cozy cave in Mumbai

Jackie Shroff is the best spiritual guru in this country. No nonsense, just facts

Spotted on a pavement The play that was first read aloud by Vijay Tendulkar to the members of PDA The play that caused a split in the PDA, and resulted in the birth of Theatre Academy on a Pune terrace The play that bagged the second place in the state drama competition

Mumbai Murmurrings printed by Manipal Technologies Text pages were produced on a Konica Minolta 6120 Cover page on a Canon ImagePress with matt lamination for the cover Cover paper: 300 gsm matt art paper BILT Text paper: 65 gsm Holmen creamy Print data inputs by Shashi Ranjan