Love, betrayal, killings, rebellion and destruction, the Koti Women’s College or the erstwhile Residency building has seen it all.
On Thursday, when an MoU was signed among four parties, including the Department of Archaeology, it marked a turn for the better for the grand colonial building that saw indifference and neglect for decades after Independence.
Visitors are leaving behind rave reviews of the conservation effort that includes restoring the papier mache ceiling of the Darbar Hall. Conservation architects discovered that it is not exactly papier mache but compressed paper that was used and had to create a workaround to match the same design, pattern and texture.
