India, Oct. 5 -- For one Sunday morning, the Inner Circle of Connaught Place belonged not to honking cars and impatient commuters, but to children on cycles, grandmothers attempting Zumba steps, and a crowd that walked where it usually squeezes past traffic. Raahgiri Day, in collaboration with Sundays on Cycle, turned Delhi's most iconic commercial circle into a vehicle-free public space on Sunday morning. For those three hours, the city's busiest roundabout briefly became a playground.

A cycle rally flagged off the event, led by Delhi Cabinet Minister Ashish Sood, NDMC Chairman Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Traffic) Ajay Chaudhary, alongside Raahgiri Foundation co-founder Sarika Panda Bhatt. What followed...