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On a warm summer day, amongst the buzzling bylanes of MG road, Bengaluru, leaning over a random wall, was a guy sticking some posters as he scrolled through Facebook with his other hand. The irony is very striking – he was posting on a wall as he was scrolling through posts on his wall. That’s when it hit me: maybe the walls of the city are the OG social media wall after all. We scroll past them mindlessly as endless voices speak over each other.

Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty

I’m still new to the city. I looked up the ‘places to see’, ticked off the ‘food to eat’, but all of that feels like it has shrouded what the city truly is. Maybe if I looked at the ‘brick-and-mortar’ feed buzzing past me all the time, and the city would unravel itself?

Most walls flaunt how aesthetic and elegant they are. Some invite you for a cozy coffee, promising you to make you forget the hustle and bustle on the other side. Others offer a glimpse of what deep pockets can get you in the city. On one side are murals – huge and bright – are making........

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