Attend this walk to take a round of Mumbai's history through literature

A group exploring Mumbai through words at the Gateway of India.

Words, when stitched together with storytelling, have a way of guiding you through the histories of cities and the lives of people creating a sense of belongingness. For most, it's a cumbersome subject. But, at the crux of remembering history lies a crucial trick - understanding that you are a part of it, too. Walking with Words, a walk on Sunday, imbibes this approach.

Organised by The Inheritage Project (TIP) - an initiative which curates walks, visits and workshops around the city - it explores the city through books, journals, novels, and poetry penned by a number of authors in different time periods, beginning from Suketu Mehta's Maximum City to diary entries made by women travellers, written both about or in the city.

Alisha Sadikot

"I love to read and I love Bombay, so I combined both and it's been great fun. The interesting thing about this walk is that as you read more, you can keep changing it around. You could look at a city through different lenses and for this walk, we're doing that through writing," say Alisha Sadikot, TIP's founder and guide for the walk.

"We will be trying to understand the development of the city from the Fort area outwards. But we'll do this through other people's words as well as through books. We'll also touch upon related literature such as the Indian Constitution and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's role in framing it and one of the earliest books published in Portuguese in India by a botanist named Garcia Da Orta, life during his time in Bombay and how the British took over his home. And of course, there's nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling," she sums up.

On: June 10, 8 am to 10.30 am
Meeting Point: Gateway of India.
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Cost: Rs 750