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Stamping a legacy

With heritage walks and exhibitions, Mumbai's General Post Office launches programme to showcase its rich history that goes beyond sending letters

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The terrace of the GPO, Fort. Pics/Sneha Kharabe

The terrace of the GPO, Fort. Pics/Sneha Kharabe

What do you do?” Swati Pandey, faced with the question every other day, wondered why the answer wasn’t obvious already. The postmaster general who works out of Mumbai’s General Post Office (GPO), pondered ways in which the over 100-year-old institution could be made more central to the public eye. She thought about the formidable Indo-Saracenic structure designed by British architect John Begg in 1902, and how it deserved more attention, despite being an operational office. And on Wednesday, she organised the first heritage walk of the place where a team of 30 approved tourist guides from India Tourism participated.

legacyMy Stamp is an initiative by the GPO where one can make their own stamp with a picture of themselves, like Pandey. 

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