For over two years now, I've passed by this space every week, and we've (my kids and I) attempted a trip almost a year ago, when the park wasn't thrown open to public. This time, I discover that it's open finally, and we pack a smallish picnic basket and set off for Five Gardens, Dadar-Parsi Colony, early in the morning.

 

The gates are open and the colourful equipment with their roundabouts, spiralling stairs, ladders, slides, tunnels, playpens and footholds beckon. The kids run, and I lose them quickly in the haze of colour.