Shah, 27, is the co-founder of a digital marketing agency, a numismatist, an Instagram influencer, and a self-confessed 'history nerd'. , reads his Instagram bio, rather correctly, given Shah's expansive and exhaustive documentation of history through coins from across eras and monuments forgotten, abandoned, and buried.

Shah says he was all of six years old when his tryst with history started, courtesy of his grandfather who would tuck him in for afternoon naps with historical stories of rulers. Shah's knowledge in numismatics also took seed at a young age when he was admitted to a coin collectors' club by his father, the only nine-year-old amid senior citizens.

And even though his introduction to history began in his hometown Kolkata, it was when he moved to Delhi that things started shaping up. says Shah.

But to feed his love of history, Shah didn't have to travel far and wide. His explorations in Delhi led to him discovering that which found little to no place in collective memory or the city's history. That is, until he decided to document it and share on social media.

Shah's Instagram feed is, for many, a window to Delhi's glorious past.

Shah, who is now known for his heritage walks in Delhi NCR, did his first walk in Mehrauli Archaeological Park to raise funds for those affected by the floods in Odisha in 2019. , says Shah.

But Shah's love for history doesn't cloud the realities of the present.

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