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Entertainment is often described as luxury – to be enjoyed only after life’s basic necessities are secured. Food, clothing, shelter come first; leisure is presumed to follow. Yet, recent walks along bylanes branching out from Mumbai’s Marine Drive, minutes from Chowpatty beach, challenged this neat hierarchy of needs.