Children of Bhopal have a lot of skill; they can express their voices for the betterment of society. We will try to invite them to participate in the general council of municipal corporation Bhopal to raise their voice for a child friendly city. These are the words of Surjeet singh Chouhan, Chairman, Municipal Corporation Bhopal who was speaking as a chief guest of the opening ceremony of Kalrav 2017: the child festival.
Sarit Kumar Choudhuri, Director of Indira Gandhi National Museum, Bhopal was the chair person of the program. He told that children are very important for the Museum and we will try to organise this type of child fair every year. Christian Ramm from TDH Germany told that this is a big occasion for TDH that children of Bhopal are celebrating fiftieth anniversary of TDH.
Ingrid from TDH India office also participated in the program and told that celebrating event with the children of Bhopal slum is a big opportunity for her.
Satyendra Pandey, programme coordinator from NIWCYD Bachpan elaborated the idea behind the child fair. He declared that the Kalrav festival for children would be celebrated every year on January 12.
After the opening ceremony children went to different stalls and enjoyed a lot. There were many stalls like story letting, Origami, drawing and painting, cartoon making, superstations, puppet making, clay arts, mask making and history of Bhopal.