Dasara art camp for children

Active canvas opens doors for children this festive season with the theme centered around Dasara. The camp will offer 10 art forms for children between the age group of six and nine years of age as well as between 10 and 14 years. The camp will be held between October 15 and 19, Monday to Friday with two sessions per day. Also part of the camp will be colourful activities like toy-making, kites, caricatures along with other interesting forms of craft work. For further information, log on to www.activecanvas.in or call 26578624.

Diwali Mela
The Community Services of Bangalore (CSB), a group of ladies engaged in voluntary service, is organising the CSB Diwali Mela on October 24 from 10.30 am to 6 pm at the Grand Ashok, Kumara Krupa Road. This is a chance for ladies to pick up all the requirements for Diwali well in time, under one roof and that too for a good cause.
There are stalls with candles and diyas, torans, pooja thalis, diwali decorations, silver and enamel-work trays and stands, Tanjore Paintings, African baskets, Cholocate gift boxes and Italian marble sculptures.  Besides these there are designer soft furnishings, designer sarees, fabrics, kurtis, skirts, jewellery and accessories to adorn oneself with.  The hotel is providing stalls with chaats and other fun eats of a mela. 

There is a grand raffle with amazing prizes like free stays at holiday destinations to be won. There will be a tarot card reader, signature and handwriting expert also available for consultations. There will be a lady applying mahendi designs for those interested. All the proceeds will go towards supporting charities.

For details call Anita Sethi Ramakrishna, Chairperson, CSB (9845398413).