As you step into a wide hall above Gaondevi Temple opposite the defunct Milan Mall at Santacruz, you see a few young adults sitting around tables in groups of five or six, engrossed in creating art and craft. Some are sticking tiny little matchsticks in a single line on paper bags while a few others are busy with paints or cutting cardboard pieces into bookmarks. Three instructors supervise them. This could well pass off as a scene from any high school project.

(Clockwise from left) A diary, a trivet, a wine bag, envelopes and coasters decorated with colourful matchsticks. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi