Summer Special: Heritage Everywhere, Every Week! This summer break, make a date with the city every Wednesday morning! Join me on heritage walks designed especially for children (and parents) with long, empty summer days to fill.

Dates: Every Wednesday from April 19 - May 17, 2017 ​ Duration: 2 hours; 9:00 - 11:00 am ​ Participants per walk: max. 10 ​ Age Group: 8 years + ​ Registrationat https://www.instamojo.com/theinheritageproject/?ref=offer_page ​ ​ Please email Alisha at [email protected] to express interest or with any ​ ​ queries you might have.

Summer Special Schedule : Past & Present Wednesday, April 19, 9:00 - 11:00 am Myth, belief, tradition and fact merge together on a heritage walk that explores the unique physical spaces, character and cultures of contemporary Bandra, spotlighting the neighbourhood’s particular history and legacies, and the manner in which its people attempt to preserve and negotiate the same today, at a time of monumental change and loss in the city. The walk begins at Land’s End, the south-western tip of Bandra, with a visit to the remains of the 17th century Castella de Aguada, popularly known as the Bandra Fort, and its immediate surroundings. Leaving the Land' End, participants climb up to Mount Mary Church, a Bandra institution. St. Stephen's Church, a few metres away, stands in sharp contrast to Mount Mary, as intimate and private, as the latter is monumental and public. The walk continues through Ranwar village, one of Bandra’s few surviving East Indian village communities, and concludes with an exploration of the changes and signs of increasing gentrification along Waroda and Chapel roads, once the centre of Bandra's East Indian community. End Point: Hill Road.

Fort Stories at Horniman Circle Wednesday, April 26, 9:00 - 11:00 am Explore the iconic neighbourhood on a walking tour that spotlights it’s hidden histories – the stories that lie behind, around, and within the buildings, streets and spaces so familiar today. The route takes you through the area’s earliest history as a struggling fortified town that would grow into a crowded, cosmopolitan, trading centre, to its place at the heart of 19th century developments that transformed Bombay into India’s ‘first city’, and, finally, to area’s unique post-independence challenges and changes in identity.

We begin at the heart of the erstwhile Fort at the old Town Hall (Asiatic Society), walk around Horniman Circle to St. Thomas’ Cathedral, and onward to the High Court and University Buildings. After visiting the ruins of one of Mumbai's fanciest historic hotels, we cross over into Oval Maidan to view the Art Deco precinct opposite.

Ballard Estate, Bombay and the Sea Wednesday, May 3, 2017; 9:00 - 11:00 am A walk through Ballard Estate, with its wide, tree-lined streets and elegant European architecture, will transport you to early 20th century Bombay, to a port city that stood at the centre of a map dominated by sea trade and travel, and at the brink of modern living. From trade and shipping to train travel, migration, hotels and public dining, this walk will highlight remarkable, hidden connections between Bombay and the world.

Byculla's Hidden Histories Wednesday, May 10, 2017; 9:00 - 11:00 am Once a low lying swamp that was submerged with every high tide, benefitted from crucial reclamation work and grew into a rich residential suburb in the early 19th century, attracting the most affluent of Bombay’s citizens and its most sophisticated infrastructure, including its very first museum! The latter 1800’s brought more change with the building of mills and workers’ housing, transforming the character and make up of the neighbourhood. The Bombay Plague of the 1890’s would leave its mark on Byculla permanently and bring a tumultuous century to its close. The next century would bring more change, even upheaval. To walk through Byculla today is to be in two places at once - Mumbai in its past, and in its future. This walk encourages an exploration of the city's complex histories and furture through Byculla's physical spaces and unique contemporary character.

Fort Stories at Wednesday, May 17, 2017; 9:00 - 11:00 am Kala Ghoda is one of Mumbai’s most exciting, and contested, cultural districts. Explore the iconic Mumbai neighbourhood on a walking tour that spotlights its hidden histories - the stories that lie behind, under, and around, the buildings, streets and spaces so familiar today. Our route takes us through the area’s earliest history as a struggling fortified town, which would grow into a crowded, cosmopolitan, trading centre, to its place at the heart of 19th century developments that transformed Bombay into India’s ‘first city’, and, finally, to Kala Ghoda’s unique post-independence challenges and changes in identity. From the iconic precinct, we walk to Regal Circle, then along the original boundary of the erstwhile Bombay Fort to Kala Ghoda.