Diwali melas back in business

One of the oldest running melas in the capital held in the Sunder Nagar area attracts a sizeable number of people year after year, with the exception of last year when the fair was cancelled due to several blasts in Delhi.

Once held under the neighbourhood community centres, melas have over the years grown to grand scale affairs with corporate sponsors and of late shopping malls are also holding their version of melas to woo customers.

Other associations in the capital like the Defence Colony, Saket and Sarvodaya Enclave community centers, who had also cancelled their annual melas last year are setting up stalls with gusto this year.

The DLF Promenade Mall in the capital has roped in world artistes including fire-eaters, contortionists, Egyptian Tanmura dancers and acrobats for a unique 10-day world carnival.

With Indian economy rising, Diwali is surely going to be bright!