A scene from the play FI/105 which zeros in on the political and public overtones in a private apartment

A replicable model which will act like a light house to other aspiring cities - this is how India's Union Ministry of Urban Development defines a Smart City. This construct of a highly-modernized city speckled with crime monitoring video units, automated parking zones and compost management plants, disturbs playwright Ashutosh Potdar. His collection (published by Watermark Publication, Pune) of four plays, underlines the "in-between" nature of the 'sophisticated' spaces which replace an old social order in exchange for a spanking neighbourhood with designated 'play areas' and club houses. Potdar is curious about the impact of spaces on the people living over there. If spaces become sophisticated, will that rid people of their class and caste biases? Will 'smart' India have new social pressures that we are not designed to handle?