Citygritty — Pune

Ganpati amidst the glitter
Along with the traditional designs in ornaments that are a perennial favourite with Puneites, a jewellery exhibition at the Peshwa Hall, Holiday Inn, on November 28 and 29, offers them the opportunity to take a look at some exotic designer stuff too.

The Siddhidaata range of jewellery, the second line of signature jewellery launched by Inter Gold, bases itself on an icon dear to Punefolk – Lord Ganesh. The designs, reflecting the many moods and forms of the Elephant God, are the brainchild of artist Udayraj Gadnis, the result being 32 designs crafted in 22 carat gold, diamonds and other precious stones. Something to dazzle us all right!

Dutch Spice
Eating is not just about food. As Malaka Spice is all set to prove. For the food here has been flavoured with art for quite some time now. First paintings of various artists had been put up, then the place was lit up with Jayant Dharap’s specially-created lamps. And now the place will have an artist from Holland, Sef, painting portraits for a nominal fee.

Using a unique bamboo pen and ink, Sef can, in a matter of minutes, have your replica on paper. The interesting thing about him is that he uses his paintings to fund his trips around the world. In a day, he does five to six such portraits here. These `faces’ at Malaka Spice are on up to December 14, and in case you forgot, food is on 365 days of the year.

Unsinkable!
That was some rush at the Rajendra Sinhji Institute (RSI) on Tuesday evening. The reason? The screening of Titanic! Every Tuesday, an English movie is shown to the RSI members at a nominal charge of Rs 4 per head, but Titanic turned out to be something special – an event actually.

The ticket was priced at a princely Rs. 10 and the queues were indeed long. The RSI monthly brochure mentioned that 500 seats (as against the 200-odd seating capacity of the open-air auditorium) would be made available to members and their families, on a `first come first served’ basis. But with the jostling crowd, extra chairs were laid out on the side of the main auditorium. Truly Titanic’s heart seems to go on.