World Heritage Day, also known as International Day for Monuments and Sites, is celebrated on April 18 each year to honour and safeguard our cultural heritage. This year, the theme of World Heritage Day is ‘Discover and Experience Diversity.’ ITIHAAS ( a Trust promoting heritage, education and tourism and with the aim of connecting the paradigms of heritage with education) organized a special inter school event at the historic Purana Qila. Our team of five students Olivia Dey VIA, Saranya Khera VIIC, Amaira Singh VIIC, Faith Rinhlui Chongthu VIIIB and Vedant Bhardwaj VIIB had to research any city in India, along with its monuments and other heritage sites and asked to design a stamp that represented the city they had researched. Selecting Shillong, the students created an original stamp to capture the unique culture of this beautiful hill-station. The judges interacted with the team to assess their understanding on the topic. Our students won a Special Mention and received certificates for the same.
