Glow in the dark 

The Bombay High Court and Rajabai Clock Tower cast a soft golden glow on a cloudy night near Oval Maidan.

The ball is in our court

A previous boccia workshop in the city. Pic Courtesy/Paraboccia Maharashtra

If you’ve never heard of boccia before, it’s not really your fault. The Paralympic ball sport that offers persons with locomotor disabilities a shot at athleticism has no community to call home in the state of Maharashtra. That’s set to change with the Para Boccia Association of Maharashtra, a new organisation led by disability rights activist and psychologist Jahanvi Modi. For the uninitiated, the sport involves strategically landing a ball as close as possible to a target on a flat surface. Ahead of a workshop on June 14 in Ghatkopar, where the association will aim to promote the game among Mumbaikars, Modi told us, “After its introduction in the Paralympics in 1984, the sport has been slowly growing in India. It’s a fairly easy game to navigate for individuals with restricted movement. Unfortunately, it never picked up enough pace in Maharashtra despite the state being home to some star performers.”