to take children from tokenism to citizenship specially for children play is an asset in their holistic development to excel in todays competitive urban lifestyles nagpur is there an open space where my son can kick a ball without getting worried about hitting a neighbours widow pane because of this parents are becoming more protective towards their children and restricting their freedom while restricting recreational activities we are turning into a bubblewrap generation sitting inside airconditioned rooms and surrounded by concrete jungle though play and recreation are not a survival issue it is definitely the need of the hour for healthy living today when we see an open space all we can think of is its commercial value rather than in what way it can improve lifestyle of the city though the civic bodies have taken initiatives to provide parks or gardens they are not serving the purpose of recreation this is a wrong approach towards recreation to give their students a break from studies parents engage their kids in all kind of hobby classes which after a time becomes more of a structured work todays generation is very fragile it cant take much stress and gets succumbed to depression easily even adults need recreational activities too is there a place where i can escape to for a few moments of solitude a todays generation is very fragile it cant take much stress and gets succumbed to depression easily it got her thinking and led to picking up identifying and creating playable spaces in urban settings as the topic for her research which is completing at vnit sky is the limit initiatives like these not only act as stressbusters but also bring out the best of individuals they dont have to instruct the child all the time moreover bhonsle who is an architect and lecturer at a private college was left perturbed as her sevenandahalfyearold son could not get the space to play an event like happy streets must be replicated at zonal level q q how do initiatives like happy streets which aim to create ideal open spaces help in improving the lifestyle of people q why do you think there is a need to reclaim open urban spaces it is said that a research scholar is not the one who gives right answers but the one who asks the right questions most of the open spaces present are converted into dumpyards and have become an eyesore in our chase for development materialism and success we have learnt to suppress our psychological and emotional needs today there is a need to advocate the importance of play among parents who need to realize that it is not a waste of time a recreation must always be unstructured we can involve youngsters housewives and old citizens to convert the street into a playable area