VERVEMAGAZINE.IN 83Rai and the boys head home for a quick change of clothes, and when we reconvene
an hour later at the outdoor gym in Bandra Reclamation, a 10-minute drive from the
Rais’ apartment, they are clad in comfortable outfits that are appropriate for physical
activity. Rai, a fitness enthusiast, tells me that she often brings the kids to the open
gym, which has a wide range of training equipment that includes jungle gyms, easy-
to-operate lat pulldowns and non-mechanical ellipticals that can be accessed by
the general public free of cost. “This is the kind of infrastructure that a developing
city needs and now that it’s finally being built, I believe we should be grateful to
those responsible for making it available. The best way to do that is simply by using
it”, she explains. Meanwhile, the kids, who have tried their hand at all there is to
do here, are finally beginning to tire. But, even in the final hours of this long day,
their contrasting dispositions are still evident: Vihaan runs up and down the stairs
in a bid to expend every last ounce of his energy before he retires to bed, whereas
Shivansh is perched atop the monkey bars gazing serenely at the setting sun.
5 P.M. OUTDOOR GYM AT BANDRA RECLAMATION