Ahead of World Heritage Day, Ambika Shaligram chats with conservation and cultural history experts to know how we could reach out to more youngsters and engage them with our tangible and intangible heritage History and heritage are two terms that overlap and encompass wide-ranging ideas, thoughts, philosophies and tangible and intangible assets. Therefore sharing of stories and the transfer of knowledge from and between generations is a crucial step in cultural development. This is what the International Council on Monuments and Sites aims to achieve through celebration of World Heritage Day on April 18. So how do we learn about our heritage and history? The answer is — by visiting monuments, making a trip to art galleries and museums, attending a dance programme to understand our cultural legacy, or walking down the bazaars; learning to make a generation-old recipe of dal or achar; or getting acquainted with our family tree! The routes to find our roots and connect with them ...
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