Students of St Angel’s School, Rohini, attend the heritage walk at Gandhi Smriti conducted by The Indian Express and INTACH

A schools’ initiative from The Express Group
Quest is a project conducted by The Indian Express in schools in and around Delhi. It covers more than 50 schools in Delhi and NCR.

Quest aims at stirring awareness and opinions. Today, when all that children see are shopping malls and cineplexes, we at The Indian Express want to show a completely different picture of this city to them. Delhi has changed beyond nostalgia and recognition since Independence. How many of these kids know of the ‘Seven Cities’ of Delhi or the stories of the pigeon fliers of Old Delhi?

The idea behind such an activity is to create awareness about the various structures and monuments that the students do not know about. This is a specially designed programme, which will help the students appreciate the rich culture and background of this city. In association with INTACH and ASI, this is a small effort on our behalf to depict a phase of our national life and the decay of a whole culture, a particular mode of thought and living. The visit is followed by the students sending in articles, pictures, poems, paintings, and collages to express their experiences about the heritage walk.

We invite schools to be a part of this

Express Group initiative.

TRIP TO “TEES JANUARY MARG” —A CURTAIN RAISER FOR YOUNG GENERATION
I was told that The Indian Express had organised a trip for our school to Gandhi Smriti. I was anxious to see the place where Gandhiji breathed his last. On the next day I was so excited that I could hardly wait till 8 am to get to school. I packed my bag with some snacks and water, and after a short journey of one and a half hours we reached Gandhi Smriti. It was very peaceful inside and there were lots of trees. We were then escorted by a volunteer who took us to the place where Nathuram Godse had fired three bullets at Gandhiji. We paid homage to the great man who led us to the path of non-violence. We also went to the room where he slept and the place where he met people. His stick, spoon and other belongings were displayed there and there was a big photograph of the last time he had chanted his prayers.

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