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April 25: Freecycle.org was created to "recycle" things, which means preventing you from throwing away things you won't use anymore, but that could be useful to other people.

April 26: Zenzi Bandra has salsa classes every Sunday night, from 8 pm onwards. Beginners get to dance with almost-professional dancers, so that people are teaching each other, under the eye of a professional teacher. Also on Wednesdays at Zenzi Mills, from 10 pm onwards.

April 27: The Yoga Institute in Santa Cruz held a seminar on "How to cure heart diseases using yoga" and released a book titled Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Cardiac specialists explained the impact of yoga on heart diseases, and how to reverse it, with advice on lifestyle and diet changes.

Skin care

Makeover, free eye tests

Free meal

April 28: The Mumbai Dermalogica store offers skin cleaning and diagnostic without any purchasing obligation. You are also given quite a few free samples according to your skin type. Still, you can't do this more than once. At Dermalogica store, Nepean Sea Road. Tel: 2368 2548/ 49.

April 29: Keep a sharp eye at your local mall. Most have activitiesu00a0 as an added benefit and to entice shoppers into staying longer. The one we went to, InOrbit Mall, was giving makeovers with a choice of products. There were free eye tests for kids too.

April 30: The Sion gurudwara that offers free tailoring classes also offers free food everyday, to anyone who walks in. This is part of their langar.