Urban spaces in the West are usually so spread out and open that if a family wants to go out for a picnic, they can do so within city premises. People in London, for instance, make a beeline for Hampstead Heath and Hyde Park among others when they get a few days of clear sun in the summer, tanning themselves under the rays, drinking Pimm’s, and munching on sandwiches. Mumbai, alas, doesn’t have that luxury. An overload of concrete monstrosities makes it impossible. But an event this weekend called The Picnic Project, touted as the city’s first ever urban picnic, aims to change that equation with a laid-back day of curated activities at Lower Parel’s High Street Phoenix.

The event will have stalls selling picnic bites