How to preserve the heritage of Telangana

Experts on Saturday discussed the assets in Hyderabad and Telangana in general and the debate between development and conservation and what could be done to educate people about it in "Living History: The Legacy of Hyderabad" in Lamakaan ..

Ms. Anuradha Reddy, co-coordinator of INTACH Hyderabad chapter, said that while Hyderabadis took pride in heritage buildings in the city, there are numerous sites in other parts of the state that needed attention. Ms Reddy said there were more than 200 sites across districts were undocumented.

Responding to a question about how it was important to include these sites, Ms. Reddy said, "People have not yet discovered that they have such a rich history. It is time we stood up and said we are here, we are knowledgeable and can contribute. "It was important for the next generation to take on issues like these.

Seeta Murthy, director and education director at Silver Oaks School in Hyderabad said the school motto - was developed after she and her team were asked to rethink the strategy of the school - School of Hyderabad. That the school is focused on the historical, rational, environmental, ethical and sustainable education, he added that his inspiration was that "education is civilization - social and individual".


He said that the activities of the school to teach students the culture of Hyderabad were writing a song about Hyderabad called 'Salaam Hyderabad', which has research students and perform a play in the founding of the city, and drafting a promise to citizens to be more aware Hyderabad following the 2013 terrorist attacks in the city.

Architect of the city-Sneha Parthasarthy spoke about the enigma of development versus heritage and said that the two needed to work together with others.
"We are fighting between Hyderabad showing itself as an IT capital or Hyderabad as a cultural capital," he said, "It's never a battle of development versus heredity, have to work in parallel."

Using examples from around the world - London, Paris, Manhattan - he showed how different architectural styles address the issue, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The interaction with the audience, said, "To preserve the heritage, we must have public discourse, while making difficult decisions. We had to learn from the mistakes of other cities, and not look like a fair way to development follow ".

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