Have you ever walked past an old building and wondered about its story? In Delhi, there are hundreds of such historical treasures, but most people hurry past them without a second glance.

This is what bothered young Vihan Tampi, a Class 12 student from Shiv Nadar School, Noida, who grew up exploring these historical treasures with his father, Chandrashekar Thampi, a heritage expert.

“Ever since I was four, Dad would take me on these amazing walks and tell me stories about each place,” says Vihaan. “But over the years, we’ve watched how pollution and negligence have degraded these structures.”

Instead of just feeling sad about it, Vihaan decided to do something.

Along with his schoolmates — Arnav Vij, Aryan Bardeja, and Karissa Gupta — he created an app called WaPas (Walking Past). It’s a clever play on words — while it refers to people walking past monuments, the shortened form ‘WaPas’ also........

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