Sundeep Rao

"There are two kinds of people in the world," says stand-up comic Sapan Verma to a packed house at Lower Parel's Canvas Laugh Club. As the audience listens in rapt attention, he continues, "Those who prefer to walk on the lines of a pavement, and those who hop on the tiles." The crowd bursts into laughter, and many, vehemently nod their heads in agreement, as Verma goes on to talk about his obsession with symmetry.