Talk the walk
Updated On: 06 November, 2023 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez
Delhi’s walking tour and heritage trail groups are a robust community that is on the ball with continuous and innovative attractions. Our counterparts in the city could do well to pick a few relevant lessons from them
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It was a moment that this columnist will forever be grateful for. Many moons ago, while in Delhi for a winter wedding, the girl’s shaadi party—of which yours truly was a part—had a few days to chill. I had the opportunity to join a heritage walk that covered Rajpath, India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhavan and its surrounding landmarks, which until then I had watched as compressed, pint-sized versions on our television set. I soaked in the enormity of these sites; the well-informed guide rattled off information, with the right dose of anecdotes and episodic chronicling. It was my first heritage walk in another Indian city.
The experience left an impression in those pre-social media days. From its well-thought-out halts to the furious note-taking by academics in the group, to trigger-happy folks clicking away on their Minolta cameras, even carrying extra film rolls, as back-up, it was a fascinating time capsule. The group leader, a PhD in history, knew her stuff inside out, going by the nods from my walking companions; many were Dilliwallahs who praised her later, as we sipped on Sulaimani chai at a roadside tapri. It was a blissful morning with two of my favourites—history and chai.
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