We smiled as we flirted with options for the title for this column. Heritage keepers. Seriously. As unknown a task force to us, until a decade ago, these faceless folk have come to be the anchors around which heritage experts and museums are able to breathe new life and hope for the city's heritage.

Only recently, we came across the signing off of another successful restoration of a landmark — Wellington Fountain — in Colaba. The fountain that pre-dates Flora Fountain was restored by conservation architect Vikas Dilawari and his team, ably supported by INTACH with funding from a prominent Indian business house. It's a shot in the arm for the heritage movement, as it comes at a time when heritage across the city — tangible and otherwise — is fighting against the odds. As we pored over data — visual and otherwise — one factor came through strongly. There was an army of hands who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the project was completed with clockwork precision. "Our conservationists left no stone unturned," assured Dilawari (we did not miss the idiom falling nicely into place here), while recounting the effort.