Tourism is helping protect India’s intangible heritage. It took 10 yrs to get here
(L-R) Panellists Ratish Nanda, Laila Tyabji, Tara Sharma, and Soity Banerjee at Sunder Nursery
Shubhangi Misra, ThePrint
Media Source: The Print (India)
Date: 2 April 2025
As dusk fell on Sundar Nursery’s restored gardens, a panel discussed the state of preservation of India’s intangible heritage. It reflected on how much has been lost through years of ignorance and explained the economics of intangible heritage conservation. “Sunder Nursery now gets one and a half million visitors…
As dusk fell on Sundar Nursery’s restored gardens, a panel discussed the state of preservation of India’s intangible heritage. It reflected on how much has been lost through years of ignorance and explained the economics of intangible heritage conservation. “Sunder Nursery now gets one and a half million visitors every year. It shows you how tourism and heritage are interlinked, and how the rate of return of heritage preservation is the highest in the tourism industry,” said Ratish Nanda, CEO of Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Nanda was joined on the panel by Laila Tyabji, chairperson of Dastkar; Soity Banerjee, a journalist and responsible tourism strategist; and Tara Sharma, director of Jungwa Foundation. The three women elaborated on their respective sectors, highlighting how crucial the documentation of intangible heritage is.