nagpur pottery from the stone age tools from copper age beautifully designed utensils and heirloom clothing embroidered with precious metals these were only few of the things that were laid down in the premises of lad and smt rp college for women with the aim of retracing the footsteps of the past an exhibition of antiques titled ateet ke padchinha was held organized by the colleges department of history in collaboration with indian trust for art cultural heritage intach professor and head of the history department of rtm nagpur university shubha johari and intach nagpur convener kishor diwekar were the chief guests principal shyamala nair was impressed by the exhibits and said seeing the rich variety of exhibits on display would enable students to develop the hobby of preserving their culture through artifacts the objective behind organizing the event was to generate awareness for preservation and conservation of our glorious culture it was a way to convey to our students that history can not only be learnt through books but can be visualized through old artifacts said head of the department madhuri patil she said that the most interesting part of the exhibition was that some of the exhibits were sourced from the teachers and students some of the most popular exhibits included a dhoop dani which was used to dry hair silk fans old clothes with gold and silver work on them