The famed “spirit of Mumbai” lives in an inconspicuous shared lane of a fish market opposite Crawford Market nowadays. “In the early hours, the lane is abuzz with fisherfolk of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj fish market; you can catch a whiff of fresh catch in the air. By noon, fishy waters dry up just in time for the Mohatta cloth market to take over,” recalls Durva Wairkar, a student of Sir JJ School of Architecture. For the last two months, the batch of M Arch, Metropolitan Architecture at the institute have been following this whiff.

A panel depicts and analyses four possible futures of the market through pros and cons. PICS COURTESY/SIR JJ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE