Around 60 blind people dance garba at Sion event; Barcelona fans' Bollywood posters in Andheri

Women at the Bombay Durga Bari Samiti in Tardeo enjoyed the traditional sindoor khela ritual on the last day of Durga Puja.

There were reports recently of people being kept out of garba events during Navratri, but the city also offered a good example. On October 19, Team Vision Foundation held an inclusive celebration in Sion. About 60 blind people showed off their best garba steps with great enthusiasm.

Siddhesh Naik, a member of the foundation, said, "Blind or not, everyone in this city has the right to celebrate festivals with full enthusiasm. Our 70 sighted volunteers supported the participants at every step, from reaching the venue to finding their place in the garba circle. With a little help, they were soon in their element."

Everyone took part in their finest attire. Prizes for the best costumes and the best performance on the dance floor were a highlight of the night. It also emerged that the band that set the mood on the pakhawaj, octopad, drums and keyboard was drawn from the city's blind community. Naik said, "These musicians are extremely talented. Some of them also play professionally in the city. There is no shortage of talent in this community."

After the nine-day celebration, the foundation is now considering which other community festivals can be made open to all. Those who wish to join the team of volunteers who act as the eyes of participants at such events can write to @team.vision on Instagram.

Sheetal Agrawal, the city's "clownselor", is known for bringing smiles to faces in hospitals and old-age homes. This week she is far from home in Italy, where a workshop is under way at the Gesundheit! Institute in Naples. The institute was founded by the well-known Dr Hunter "Patch" Adams. Agrawal is happy that no translator is needed for a hearty laugh.

She wrote from Italy, "One of my favourite moments was when I danced with a woman at an old-age home to 'Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua Hai' (Shree 420, 1955). When we started dancing, she signalled to me to stop, got up from her chair and began to dance. When I stopped, she wanted to dance more, so we danced a little longer. Then there were small moments too. One woman kept poking me with a finger and laughing at my reaction, someone danced with a walker, and there was playing with puppets and making funny faces just for a smile."

After a full day with clowns from around the world, new plans can emerge as well. Agrawal said, "Over dinner we began discussing bringing clown practitioners from different parts of the world to India, so that everyone can learn and clown together."

Late on October 20, the much-awaited match between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain was screened at a venue in Andheri. Mumbai's love for Bollywood was plain to see. Fans of the Spanish side had little to cheer as the team lost 4-2, but their imaginative posters drew attention.

One poster showed England winger Anthony Gordon as an angry young man under the name "Gor-Don", a salute to Amitabh Bachchan's 1978 hit Don. On the pitch, however, the English player was not as elusive as the Big B's famous character. Another poster carried a Hinglish slogan, "Sabse kamaal, sabse dhamaal, Lamine Yamal." Is that much for a team crumbling under pressure? Not so. FC Barcelona Mumbai founders Sagar Shinde and Anand Mishra said, "Win or lose, we are Barca till we die."

From the old walls of Nizamuddin in Delhi to the grounds of Lucknow and Punjab, and to Bollywood in Mumbai, qawwali has crossed many eras and cultures. For dancer Manjri Chaturvedi, the form has been more than part of her performance. She has been associated with the Qawwali Project for over 14 years and has now brought her research and study into a new book, Qawwali: The Call of Hearts in Love (Om Books International). The book includes deep research, scholarship, oral histories, visual memory and live performance. She described it as "a new dimension of research in the field of music" and said the book has started a conversation on tradition, memory and heritage.

Finally, a few glimpses of the city: the Bandra-Worli Sea Link seen from Mahim, framing the setting sun; a man stretching out to rest at Five Gardens; and a boy spinning his bicycle on a platform at Khar Road railway station.