Here's a list of six things to make your Republic Day memorable

Make R-Day a colourful one
4.30 PM- 7.30 PM: Celebrate India's 68th Republic Day with your kids as they play and learn more about their country. The session will include storytelling with art, tattoo and face painting (get the tri-colour painted on your face or hands!), craft workshops, unlimited snacks, three hours of play and surprise gifts and prizes.
Where: Kidz Town, Pace House, 7, Swastik Society, Gulmohar road No. 1, Juhu Scheme
Entry: Rs 500 for 1 child & adult
Call: 60605995

Put your knowledge to test in this treasure hunt
6.45 AM: Picture this. India is still suppressed under the British rule and it is up to you and your friends to deliver freedom to the nation. Do you have what it takes? Put your knowledge, clue solving abilities, Googling skills and quick feet to the test as you trace some of the important locations of our Freedom struggle. Unravel clues and learn lesser known facts about our freedom struggle that probably didn't make it to our textbooks, in this scavenger hunt.

Where: Churchgate Station - Near the booking counter
Entry: Team: Rs 750
individual: Rs 400
Call: 9820478942

Catch the flock in action
7 AM: Naturalist, a team of nature lovers, are organising a Birdwatching and Photography Expedition at Bhandup Pumping Station to celebrate Republic Day. Since winter is considered to be the birding season, you will be able to spot many varieties of birds who migrate here from as far as Europe. Your instructor will be Onkar Vengurlekar, a skilled nature photographer, avid birder and nature interpreter, who has carried various excursions to various national parks and sanctuaries to study bird behaviour and practice on-field photography.

Where: Bhandup Pumping station Bus stop
Entry: Rs 149
Call: 8286220933

Survive in the wild

Back to basics
Jan 28, 10:00 AM: A two-day workshop with Grassroutes in the safe village of Purushwadi will teach you how to live off the grid, skills from tribes handed down to them over generations. There will be things that you haven't done before - making fire, foraging for food, and even learning to make your own shelter.

Where: Purushwadi, 220 km from both Mumbai & Pune en route to Nasik
Entry: R4500
Log on to: https://www.grassroutes.co.in

Let's talk music
Jan 24, 6 - 7.30 PM: Piramal Museum of Art is back with the Music edition of ‘That's Mumbai Cool!' Here, music aficionados will talk about the melodies they make, the subcultures they foster, and the venues they support create a new beat for the city of Mumbai to move to. Speakers include SlumGods' Sunil Rayana and Sagar Vatapu, Bonobo - Bar.Love.Food.'s
Nevil Timbadia, Only Much Louder's Tej Brar and The True School of Music's Nush Lewis. The session will be moderated by Amit Gurbaxani. RSVP to artfoundation@piramal.com

Where: Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Lower Parel
Call: 30466981

Tripping on textiles
Jan 24- 28, 11 AM - 7 PM: Mita Parekh brought to Mumbai the very first show of 500 block-printed designer salwar kameez sets and sarees in 1979. She is back with a new collection at the prime age of 80. Her latest collection includes sarees, stoles and yardage in a riot of colours. The designs have been created with mulberry silk, satin silk, chiffon, georgette, crepe and habotai silk.

Where: ARTISANS', 52-56 Dr VB Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda
Call: 9820145397