India, July 5 -- When artists turn concrete into canvas, a city not only transforms visually, it begins to feel alive again, says SAKSHI PRIYA

What happens when pillars meant only to hold up flyovers begin to hold up imagination instead? Can concrete become a canvas? And if it can, who decides what belongs there graffiti or geometry, dragons or domes?

At Sarai Kale Khan, beneath the looming metro line and beside a theme park built from waste, these questions begin to answer themselves, not in theory, but in paint. Here, art has found its way into the folds of daily life, not through grand gestures, but through persistence, precision, and quiet pride.

It isn't often that concrete pillars stop traffic visually, that is. But walk through ...