I never imagined that I'd be saying this aloud, and that too, in a column. It truly is a great time to be a heritage lover in the city. We're witnessing restorations of all kinds – from fountains and pyaus to churches, and the most recent addition to make it to the list, the Central Library housed in the Town Hall. There's more to look forward to, with the High Court and Flora Fountain on the preservation table.

As this column goes to print, the Neoclassical centrepiece of the city would have been inaugurated by Maharashtra's Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis. It's a great feeling to see the space being revived to, what many city historians would agree, its glory days of the 1800s and 1900s. Along with the hallowed offices of the Asiatic Society and the Town Hall, the landmark has been the breeding ground and the nucleus where ideas, visions and dreams for a city were conceived, debated and set into motion. Its hallowed interiors are steeped in historic legacy – from being the space that hosted the Governor's Ball to its steps from where the Queen's proclamation was read out in 1858 that abolished the East India Company and formally transferred the administration of India to the Crown, to become a colony of the British Raj.