Students of GD Goenka Public School, Vasant Kunj, attend the walk at the National Rail Museum,Chanakyapuri, conducted by The Indian Express to mark Museum Day on February 1

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 he 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. For queries mail to heritagewalks@expressindia.com

Eleven acres of land, intricately designed, 82 full-scale exhibits including 47 locomotives, 20 carriages, three wagons and 12 special purpose vehicles, as many as five track gauges: broad gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge and monorail. And the Fairy Queen — the world's oldest operational steam locomotive. All this, and more, comprises the experience of the heritage walk at the National Rail Museum.

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