Give Mumbaikars a low concrete platform, and they’ll turn it into a social hub. Think the Marine Drive promenade, Shivaji Park, or this writer’s college that prided itself for its popular Ruparel Katta, where students happily bunked many a day’s lecture. When we heard that a new one had popped up in Thane, our ears perked up. Atrangi Katta is psychologist-artist duo Vedanti Shinde and Renuka Patil’s ambitious effort to make music, literature, and craft accessible for Thanekars.

Rocks and tree stumps are repurposed into seats for the audience