Alan Walker visits Bandra record store; Mumbai poet in Japan, artist off to Los Angeles

The deer sculptures near Chowpatty look striking against Mumbai's haze-filled sky these days. The city continues to struggle with poor air quality. The picture was taken by Ashish Raje.

Norwegian DJ Alan Walker visited The Revolver Club (TRC), a record store and cafe in Bandra, earlier this week. Mumbai's weather this month is very different from autumn in Scandinavia, but Walker was unfazed. As part of a series of visits with DJ and producer Karan Kanchan, he looked through some old vinyl from the store's large collection and played a few records. According to the TRC team, he was surprised by the range of vinyl, from Linkin Park to Bollywood classics such as Dil Se. Nobody expected to see the maker of "Faded" posing with an old vinyl of Bobby (1973), but that happens in Bandra too.

Long queues form at Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali on weekends, testing visitors' patience. The wait there is now a little more worthwhile. Wildlife photographs by the winners of the Wildlife Week competition, held earlier this month, have been put up for visitors. The winners include Rajneesh Sharma, Chetan Bodke, Abhijit Som, Amit Salkar and Prathamesh Shewale. Amit Salkar's photograph of an Indian cormorant won a prize in the competition.

Mumbai poet Yahya Bootwala went to a small town in Fukushima, Japan, to conduct a poetry workshop. In keeping with local hospitality, he and his companions were given baskets of Japanese potatoes, 10 kg in all. Speaking from Japan, Bootwala said: "About 10 local people, around 40 years old, who had never written poetry before, came to our session. They joined because they found us interesting. That is a story in itself." Bootwala is now thinking of holding a "French fries party".

Meanwhile, in Shibuya, Tokyo, another Mumbaikar remembered the city's most famous dog in their own way. Graffiti artist Raj Pathare, also known as Moose, has put up a sticker of their dog Hachi at Hachiko Square. The square is named after the loyal dog that waited nine years for its owner. Next time you visit Japan, keep an eye out for the little sleeping dog.

Artist Shantanu Hazarika said happily that in November they will travel to Los Angeles for the first time with their ink and line work. Together with artist Marvin Scott Jarrett, Hazarika will be part of a seven-day session under a larger concept at High Society, David Lim's well-known fashion space. The artist said: "The audience is part of this creative performance too. The aim is to show people not just the finished artwork but also the process of making it. In the open studio, people can walk in and watch the work take shape."