So why aren’t more neighbourhoods in the city waking up to, or passing by public murals? Artist Brinda Chudasama Miller, the city's most prolific creator and commissioner of murals says that the people still don't have an idea of what looks aesthetic. “Many of my friends and acquaintances pass by the Surat fort painted on the walls of the Naval Dockyard. When they find out conceptualised it, they say, ‘You've painted that?’ It's like, ‘What you done! And, how come I don’t know about it.’ Why only walls, even the underbelly of flyovers should be painted on,” she says.

Mouli Marur, Associate Editor of Kyoorius Design Magazine says that it reflects the attitude of society towards art. “Art isn't an important-enough activity for the government or people to consider. In Mumbai, the primary objective is to getting to work and back,” he says. He points to cities like Chicago and San Francisco where kids in troubled neighbourhoods are given their first experience of art through public murals. Exactly what The Wall project has managed to achieve.

The Rachana Sansad students did tessellations (a collection of plane figures that fills gaps to make mosaics) with Pilo for a duo of young shopkeepers, painting over their Coca Cola logo. The novelty of the process got kids from Bandra reclamation, Gilroy, a fridge mechanic, and Isaac, who delivers fish to the locality, interested. “It hasn't occurred to people how simple it is. Shopkeepers and residents are more than happy for their walls or stores to look livelier,” says 28-year-old Aditi Chitre. The animation film-maker painted under the Bandra reclamation bridge two years ago, and responded to Pilo’s invitation.