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    PUBLICATIONS

    Some of the HECS publications are:

    • Adopt a Monument (Hindi)
    • Hands on Heritage: Is a handbook with over 100 activities, worksheets, and several exciting and innovative ideas on how to have fun while learning about India’s rich cultural and natural heritage.
    • Indian Culture for Everyone: The book is designed to introduce India’s rich cultural heritage to young people around the world. This book explores 10,000 years of history, and brings to it the richness and variety of cultures and communities that live in India.
    • A Capital Story: This small booklet on the making of the New Delhi, its architects, how the site was chosen, the design and architectural features of Rashtrapati Bhavan and other buildings in the vicinity.
    • Historic Building Conservation and Sustainability: This book provides a checklist for innovative conservation strategies to be used in buildings to meet 21st century challenges of climate change and responsible living.
    • Adopt A Monument: A handbook for teachers, students, and enthusiasts who want to learn how to conserve India’s magnificent built heritage. The book explains in steps various things one can do to protect a monument.
    • Adopt A Tree: A handbook for teachers, students, and enthusiasts committed to conserve our natural heritage. It explains in various steps how one can protect trees.
    • Adopt A Craft: A handbook for teachers, students and enthusiasts who want to explore the different crafts practiced in India. This book explains in detail the various methods for learning and caring for crafts.
    • Care for Heritage: Books, Photographs, Textiles, Paintings and Art Objects. This book focuses on conservation of art objects at home for children and art enthusiasts alike. This conservation hand guide will help them in steps for caring for artefacts which have a heritage value to it.
    • Kidspeak Peace Diary: Is an everlasting diary consisting of student drawings and writings on peace and non-violence.
    • Hands for Heritage – A Heritage Volunteer Kit: This is a set of 2 kits (Blue and Red) for volunteers to introduce them to all the facets of INTACH and training in heritage skills followed by an Action Plan.
    • Young INTACH Anniversary Issue: It is a compilation of our newsletters from 2004-2014 and consists of the best articles, activities and maps on each aspect of our Heritage (Natural, Built, Material, and Living).
    • Teachers Kit: A kit for teachers training workshop.
    • Harit Sankalp: My Green Diary is an everlasting diary with dates and green days and is composed of interesting write-ups and colourful drawings on India’s rich flora and fauna.
    • Heritage Calendar 2014: The Heritage Calendar is a compilation of the paintings and posters made by the children during a painting competition conducted during the Heritage Week (2014).
    • Heritage Calendar (2016):The Heritage Calendar is a compilation of the folk paintings made by the children as part of Young INTACH newsletter issue Folk Painting is Fun (July-Sept 2014). The calendar boasts of the folk paintings like Warli, Saura, Gond, Madhubani, Pattachitra, Aipan among many others. The calendar will have some interesting captions related to protection and conservation of our material heritage.
    • Hands for Heritage – A Heritage Volunteer Kit: This is a set of 3 kits (Blue, Red and Green) for volunteers to introduce them to all the facets of INTACH and training in heritage skills followed by an Action Plan and Step Ahead.
    • Jago – Heritage And Citizenship: The book presents ways of becoming more informed and active citizens through engagement with heritage. It explores the inter-linkages between citizenship and heritage; outlines key stakeholders in the field and suggests indicative exercises for constructive civic engagement through heritage. The handbook is intended for school teachers, educational trainers and young learners.
    • Heritage Posters: A set of 4 posters on taking care of our natural, built, material and living heritage with interesting captions like (Save the Tiger, Care for Rivers, Share Our Folk Culture and Care for Monuments) to create heritage awareness among school children and heritage enthusiasts.
    • Heritage Postcards: A set of 4 postcards on taking care of our natural heritage with an aim to create heritage awareness among school children and heritage enthusiasts. These postcards consist of paintings done by the students as part of Reis Magos Festival, Goa in 2014.
      Translation of Young INTACH newsletters in regional languages (Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Oriya and Telugu)