INTACH, Chennai’s 36th Heritage Club inaugurated

Young INTACH, Chennai Chapter, inaugurated its 36th Heritage Club in schools at the Vocational Training Centre of the Anjuman Himayath-e-Islam School for girls recently.

INTACH Chennai’s Sujatha Shankar and Sushila Nataraj walked into a large courtyard full of 300 young girls seated in neat rows. Most of them were there to cheer 40 of their peers who have chosen to form a Heritage Club.

This group of 40 stood out, as the girls were dressed in all-white, making a striking picture, they ranged from classes 9  to 12 – all of whom have chosen to be inducted into the Club because of their love and affinity for History. The girls were inducted formally into the VTC Heritage Club with a badge and a ‘Passport’, wherein they would record personal heritage knowledge and experiences.

The Club members plan to meet every Wednesday after school hours and are keen to invite resource persons who will open their areas of knowledge into different forms of heritage – both tangible and intangible.

The INTACH representatives then addressed the students and teachers and said that to create awareness, initiate heritage-related activities and bring out the importance of built, natural, and intangible heritage should be the aim of the Club.

INTACH plans to establish more heritage clubs this year. Interested schools may contact youngintachchennai@gmail.com.

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