Here is our team of dilliwalas/ history buffs/ volunteers/ walk leaders/ ramblers/ explorers…call us what you like. We love history, we love our city and we love to talk while we walk.

Rajesh Ranjan, the man with the idea and the inspiration. He was the mind behind Delhi Heritage Walks. With his untimely demise, our team lost its pivot, but the motivation remains.

Kanika Singh is a historian working on public history, heritage & museums. Her current work is on Sikh museums and her book, The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics, Popular Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2025) uncovers the making of heritage at Bhai Mati Das Museum, Gurdwara Sisganj in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. She is currently Director, Centre for Writing & Communication, Ashoka University.

Awadhesh Tripathi is an academic, translator & storyteller rolled into one! An expert on Hindi literature, he weaves folklore with history & humour & leaves you hungry for more. His recent book is a translation of the autobiography of the revolutionary Ram Prasad ‘Bismil’: A Glimpse of My Life: Autobiography of an Indian Revolutionary (Penguin Random House, 2025; Hindi to English)


Our logistics are handled by Kavita Singh, Meyhar Kaur and Naveen Bhartiya who take turns to do the donkey work: the website, the blog, the photographs, the recce trips and the research. They are the team behind the success of each walk.

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