Mumbai Notes

EXPRESS NEWSLINE

Inter-collegiate fest at Thane

A five-day inter-collegiate festival will be held from December 18 at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane. Around 30 colleges are expected to participate in the festival, which will have events like swimming, cricket and athletics on the first three days. This will be followed by cultural events and photography and personality contests and a fashion show.

Adventure camp at Borivli park

The Explorers and Adventurers' Club will conduct its 14th adventure camp for children between the ages of 12 and 16 from December 25 to January 1 at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli. The camp comprises jungle craft, camping, rock climbing, trekking, cross country, map reading, first aid and photography. Call for details on 6436637, 6116972 or 4304304.

Street play contest

Disha, a progressive youth movement, is organising a Safdar Hashmi Memorial street play contest on Saturday, January 2, 1999. The contest-cum-exhibition will held at Sutar Pakhadigrounds, near Cargo complex, Sahar, Andheri (East). For more details, contact Anjum R N, secretary of Disha on 8219984.

Anthony Parakal gets award

Anthony Parakal, the record holding letter writer and social worker, has been nominated for the Man of the Year title for 1998 by the American Biographical Institute. Parakal, whose name has been mentioned in the Guiness and Limca Books of Records, has been writing letters to the editors of various national newspapers since 1955.

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