Grant Central with Yooti

Glitzy, grisly, grimy and gritty: this nighttime walk is an amble through a working-class Mumbai neighbourhood which was once the cinematic and political centre of the city. This walk is also a feminist attempt at reclaiming the night, as we walk through dark alleys and pathways I was told to avoid as a young girl. We tip our collective hats to forgotten legendary figures along the way, before ending at ther 90+ year-old Cafe de la Paix for bun-maska and chai.

Yooti Bhansali is a Jack of many trades: writer-editor; translator-subtitler; designer of curiosity-forward, socially conscious and culturally relevant (non-competitive) quizzes; designer of interactive walking experiences in Mumbai, especially Grant Road, where she grew up. As an independent creative practitioner her work is often situated at varied interserctions between art, history and culture, with a special interest in turning informal research into modes of interactive learning.