It’s raining colours

The stage comes alive on the second day of the cultural festival, Malhar at St Xavier’s College (Autonomous) in Dhobi Talao.

That’s a cracker of a football fan

Sunil Thakur cracks open a coconut at Old Trafford. Pic Courtesy/Muscmumbai

Are you nuts about your favourite football club? Probably not as much as Mumbai’s Sunil Thakur, who recently cracked open a coconut in proper Bambaiyya-style, outside Old Trafford to welcome the new English Premier League season. While Manchester United might need that extra edge to bounce back from their appalling 15th place finish last season, Thakur had a tale of his own to share. “The last time I was here in 2018, the team got kicked out of the UEFA Champions League. Manager Jose Mourinho’s exit followed soon after. Ever since, my friends believed I had jinxed the team. This was my way of breaking the curse,” Thakur shared from Manchester, where he will witness United’s first match on Sunday.