Behind the scenes at ILF Heritage Week ‘21

Behind every successful event, there is a lot of drama, fun, gossip and a tremendous amount of hard work that goes in. The Heritage Week at ILF was the very first event that I led with all the other heads and I must say what an enriching experience it was. On a random day, two weeks before ‘World Heritage day on 18th April’, we came up with the idea to celebrate the whole week and showcase the different aspects of monuments and the rich heritage our country holds. The International Day for Monuments and Sites also referred to as World Heritage Day is a global observance held on 18 April every year in each country with special styles of activities, inclusive of visits to monuments and heritage sites, conferences, newspaper articles and much more. However, thanks to Covid most of these activities couldn’t be held and in such times of despair, we wanted to bring joy to people while celebrating our heritage.

Organising the week seemed easy at first but who knew that the whole process would take so much time. We began with brainstorming and ended up with a mountain of ideas. It was a tedious task, selecting the ideas and choosing which one we should take up for the event. Each department came up with vibrant ideas which we showcased on the stories of our Instagram page. Each day saw a different kind of story take-over ranging from guessing the place from the silhouette, guessing movies from the historical site, getting to know different facts and incidents about a place and much more. It elated us to see people post their own images at various heritage sites and share their stories with us.

As they say, all hard work always pays off, ours too did. By the time we came to the end of the week, we had garnered over thousands of views and eight to nine hundred interactions per day. It gave us immense pleasure to know that people not only enjoyed our stories but also learnt from them. Even in difficult times, we garnered such a huge response and it gave us a ray of hope that we might have been able to bring some joy to the lives of others. We concluded the event by celebrating our hardworking and very enthusiastic interns and revealing the team who worked day and night behind the whole event. Even though this was the first event that I led at ILF, it was a major success. I can’t thank each one of my mates at ILF who supported me and the social media department who rocked the stage with their graphics and video compilation in a very short duration of time. 

Three Cheers to the success of  ILF Heritage week and to each person who worked for it!!

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Hey, I’m Khushi Kesari…

Hello everyone, happiness speaking. Just kidding, Hi my name is Khushi Kesari and well that does mean happiness right? I am the Illustration and Animation head at India Lost and Found. Honestly, I don’t know how I stumbled upon this opportunity but I’m glad I did. A history lover and artist by nature, I love exploring new places, meeting new people and enjoying their stories. I paint my heart out and speak anything and everything. I love eating and the best way to become my friend is by sharing food with me!!