So their children could have access to safe art products, Karen Saldanha and Neha Bajaj co-founded Dabble, a platform that makes toxin-free and child-friendly art material. The start-up was incubated in NSRCEL Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in 2019.

Apart from creating chemical-free colouring products, the platform also organises Dabble Playart workshops, wherein they create a space for kids to develop art without any set patterns or boundaries. In these workshops, kids can express their creative thoughts using colours. “Art is about playing with colours, and it helps young children to work on their individuality and  prepare for a balanced and healthy development. ‘Free play is healthy play’ — that’s our motto for creating such sessions,” explains Saldanha.