Alisha Sadikot, 33
Founder, The Inheritage Project

At a time when heritage walks were not common, Alisha Sadikot, a student of art history, dreamt of a possibility of engaging with it, full time. It was 2004 and Sadikot was getting into her final year at St Xavier's College. "Asiatic Library was turning 200, so, as part of their bicentenary celebrations, they trained a bunch of us to tour their basement and talk about their history and collection. It was an instance of a mock practical application of history. We did the tour of Asiatic and Horniman Circle. I guess that's when I caught the bug, you could say," she says, seated in the balcony of her Bandra home. Over a decade later, Sadikot went on to start The Inheritage Project, that curates walking tours and workshops for people to engage with the city's art, museum and heritage resources.