Children market chats, handicrafts with aplomb

Children market chats, handicrafts with aplomb It was a perfect children's day out at Rangayana here on Sunday with 'Chinnara Santhe' (children's fair) by camp participants of 'Chinnara Mela' on the go. P Bharat sold in his stall Mangalore bajji, butter biscuits and lemon ginger juice. Muskan N Sheik, daughter of Meharunnisa and Noor Ahmed, studying in third standard at Mahajana's School complains that her father did not buy her bicycle and she would buy one on her own with the money she earns selling jasmine flowers and churmuri. While Shirish of St Mathias school sold lip smacking 'uddina vada' G Ramya of third standard at Kautilya Vidyalaya had mouth watering churmuri to sell along with buttermilk, banana and chocolates. Children would know the interaction and participation in fair which are not much now-a-days," he said. While he appreciated presence of most of the mothers to help their kids, he said probably fathers were resting at home as it was Sunday. While some of them walked around to market their products, others shy were seen sitting in their stalls and selling out products to those who approached them. Jagathi of seventh standard of Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan School along with another camp participant Nisarga of CFTRI School sold golguppas which she likes and says she could nosh on the remaining ones after her sale. Flowers and accessories, chats and juices, handicrafts and decorative items, greens and vegetables, stationaries and games, magazines and papers, junk foods and few healthy ones, the list perhaps would be a long one. Dramatic thieves and entertainers intervened in the fair. As children tried to protect themselves along with their products from robbers, they danced with the entertainers. Director of Rangayana B V Rajaram opined that the fair which has been a continuously organised at 'chinnara mela' makes children creative and they also learn the importance of trade. "Among 350 camp participants about 250 have set up stalls. As Supritha sold salad of sprouted grains at her stall, Anagha of fourth standard of Maharshi School sold sprouted grains' pack. He even said the general public should participate in such a creative event held just once in a year. Nishanth Karyappa of Mahajana's School and Punam of Sacred Heart School of Hubli at their stall had fresh cut fruits and juice to sell. G Vishrutha of sixth standard at Vijaya Vittala School had in her stall decorative items for house completed by her artist mother Indrani. There was even the forgotten barter system in the fair. Few of them even sold coconuts, greens, vegetables and other items for which not much customers were attracted. Vishwas of second standard at DMS Children market chats, handicrafts with aplomb Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 14/05/2012