The best way to get to know the area where you live is to walk around it. You zip past in cars, buses, auto-rickshaws and you miss the details and the charm. The city can become a blur of hoardings and buildings, with no defining features: each area indistinguishable from the last. Last week’s fare hike for taxis and autos handed Mumbai’s citizens a wonderful opportunity to reclaim their city and many of them have decided to do just that.

They are seeing it as an act of defiance or born out of financial need or as a forced end to laziness. Health with a little extra wealth as a bonus, you might say. Short distances can easily be covered with a walk and a thank you from the old (or young) ticker. Those who are really inspired by the health kick could even invest in a bicycle.