This paper’s Sunday edition had a meaty news feature about a sports complex at Lower Parel-Elphinstone-Prabhadevi—call it what you will—undergoing a facelift. The stadium that was part of the former mill hub’s identity is being transformed with archery and rifle shooting ranges. The biggest lure of this space for years was its Olympic-size swimming pool, that saw so many swimmers from middle class families and water polo players, too, hone their skill there.

In this report about its transformation, former players and swimmers spoke about how their lives were actually shaped and transformed by this facility. Coaches who were so dedicated to their sport actually spent their lifetime at this space training their wards.