At 4pm on Thursday, the children’s section on the left side of Joggers Park bustles with children of varying ages. Bang opposite, the colourful, new play area is desolate. At around 4.30pm, 12-year-old Ishaan Saxena enters and looks around cautiously. The spinning wheels, perched on a red wall at the end of the narrow play area catch his eye. His mother and caretaker follow.

He’s excited to try out the wheels. “Children from the autistic spectrum love spinning objects,” says Mona Saxena, his mother. “It soothes them.” At four years of age, Ishaan was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).