Pheroze, where were you last weekend? I hope the mercury levels didn’t take a toll on you. All well?” Lady Flora enquired, as they met under the shaded canopy of the Cooperage Bandstand. “My Lady, I am okay, a bit tired but thank you. I was on a whirlwind field trip. I may have missed out on that flight to Paris to submit a dossier to the good folks at UNESCO, but I am doing serious ground work to ensure that they have all the information to improve our chances,” Sir PM rattled off, enthusiastically. Lady Flora looked puzzled. “Pheroze, I don’t quite follow…who is the ‘they’ you are referring to, and what was this great mission?”

It was a face palm moment for Sir PM. “Sincere apologies! I got caught up in my adventure. This is about our home state’s pitch to seek UNESCO World Heritage Site status for 12 forts of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s reign. The submission for these forts was made under the theme, Maratha Military Landscape of India. It includes 11 forts in Maharashtra—Shivneri, Lohagad, Salher, Raigad, Rajgad, Panhala, Sindhurdurg, Pratapgad, Suvarnadurg, Vijaydurg, Khanderi forts and one in Tamil Nadu, called Jinji fort,” revealed Sir PM. Lady Flora was impressed at her friend’s inspiring effort. “Tell me more…” she prodded.