Let's start with a disclaimer. I am not a huge fan of The Avengers. Mock me if you must, but I haven't even seen Endgame yet (yes, yes, I'm aware that it's the highest-grossing film ever). Sure, I do know that Bruce Banner suffered some sort of radiation mishap to turn into The Hulk. I also know that glad-eyed tycoon Tony Stark dons a pretty cool suit to become Ironman. The character of Thor is adapted from the Norse god of the same name who comes from the mythical land of Asgar. But ask me who Wanda Maximoff is and I'll give you the same blank stare that the Prime Minister gave the media during his first ever "press conference" earlier this year.

And yet, even I can't help but feel a tinge of excitement while walking in for an interactive exhibition titled Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N, which brings the comic book's universe to life in a Lower Parel mall before travelling to Bangalore in November. But my own excitement is nothing compared to that of a gaggle of middle-school kids who literally scream in joy when we all enter the briefing room first. There, agent Maria Hill informs us from behind a video screen that we are here for the serious business of being recruited as members of Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate, or S.H.I.E.L.D. "Wooooah," the students exclaim, as a door opens that leads to our training ground for the next one hour.