Sale of blockprinted sarees
Devaki’s, the place for customised blockprinting, is having its monsoon sale of blockprinted sarees, with a discount of 10 – 50 per cent on select items. Shanthi and Madhavi, a mother-daughter team, have been running a blockprinting workshop for the last 10 years. “We do wholesale as well as retail work. We also re-design old sarees and make quilts on order,” says Madhavi. The exclusive collection combines blockprinting with aari work, freestyle hand embroidery and mirrorwork along with tie and dye to get special effects. The exhibition will be held from June 4 –6, at #12-A, Ground Floor, Safina Plaza. For details call: 9342527202 in Bangalore or 9884600784 in Chennai.
Rain trek
Mars Adventures will be conducting a Rain Trek from June 8–10. Those interested can contact: 98866-64666/ 98451-91442.
For the environment
In order to inspire citizens and students to protect and conserve our environment, Frazer Times, FORCE, Traffic Police (Frazer Town) and Namma INDIA @ 60 are joining hands this Environment Day. Their activities will include launch of activities such as clean campaigns, car-free days, ban-plastic days, competitions, quizzes, etc. The inauguration on June 5 (4 pm - 6 pm) is at Richards Park. Call: 98457-22033/ 98862-41366 for details.