As part of DAG’s The City as a Museum, second Delhi edition, heritage conservator Swapna Liddle and conservation architect Ratish Nanda trace the extraordinary record of India’s monuments, cities and landscapes, capturing architecture not as isolated structures but as part of a larger lived and natural environment.

Held in the backdrop of DAG's Vision & Landscape: Aquatints of India—the complete set of 144 aquatints from Thomas and William Daniell’s landmark Oriental Scenery, the conversation will focus on the Daniells’ aquatints created at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Historian and heritage conservator, Swapna Liddle has written extensively on Delhi's history, architecture and urban development. Formerly convenor of the Delhi Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), she has worked for over two decades towards the preservation of the city's built heritage.

Conservation architect and CEO of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in India, Ratish Nanda has led some of the country's most significant heritage projects, including the restoration of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi. His work has consistently linked the care of historic monuments to the environmental and socio-economic wellbeing of the communities around them.