IAGB invites writers, chefs, artists, photographers and dreamers to submit entries under various categories listed below. IAGB editors will select and publish. We strongly encourage you all to avail this opportunity and participate in the 72nd India’s Republic Day celebrations in your own way!!!
Category 1:
Youth Column:
We want to hear from the NextGen. What are your thoughts? What is your passion? What drives you? What bores you? Pen your thoughts on a topic of your choosing and restrict it to approximately 500 words.
Category 2:
Opinion Articles:
We want to hear your thoughts on a range of topics given below. You might be surprised to learn how diversified the opinions can be of different people on same topics. Send in your thoughts as a guest column in approximately 600 words in length. Choose one of the subject area from:
The future of Shopping
Travel Tales (travel stories on one’s favorite destinations in India)
Impact of Bollywood on your generation
TV shows – too much or just right
Cable news channels
Things we learned to appreciate more during COVID-19
Category 3:
Humor/Satire:
Do you love to sketch? Do you have a hidden ‘R.K Laxman’ persona inside you? Do you like to express your views on current events in a satirical / cartoon format? Pease send in your sketch / cartoon (Only in extreme cases we will use our editorial privilege).
Category 4:
Creating Community in COVID Times
Every year we have our reasons to celebrate. Anniversaries and/or Birthdays especially the milestone ones; Graduations; Life changing events like engagement / wedding / new baby and many more. And then of course we have our festivals – Diwali / Ganapati / Eid / Xmas etc. – how did you celebrate during the pandemic – picture with a writeup (200 – 300 words) of any one of your celebrations you had this past year.
Category 5:
Font Page Art
AGB invites all the artists to create art for the front-page cover. The topic / theme is A 2020 ‘feel good’ Story from India. Even in the depths of darkness caused by pandemic, floods, cyclones and political upheavals many a feel-good stories were reported from the sub-continent. Capture one of these stories with your paint brushes. The IAGB executive team will vote for the winning artwork which will be featured on the front cover. The next top five submissions will be featured in the inside pages.
DEADLINE: January 10th is the deadline for all entries. Please submit all entries to email id: iagb@iagb.org (In subject mention Category name and #. For submissions from children under the age of 18 please mention your age so we are able to recognize the children contributions appropriately).
IAGB has partnered with New England towns to hoist Indian flag on August 14th and 15th. Below are the list of towns where the flag hoisting will be done. The flag hoisting event can be watched on FACEBOOK live between 8am-11:30am
In addition to One India Music Concert, we are pleased to announce an exciting Dance Production – Tad Bharatam, by internationally acclaimed choreographers, the fabulous dance duo Nirupama & Rajendra.
Tad-Bharatham is a dance production that features highly cherished aspects of India and her glorious culture that has spread out in a time span of around six thousand years. In Tad-Bharatham, India’s nature, culture, customs, and achievements will be presented in an aesthetic and entertaining manner, offering a lasting experience of beauty but rooted in truth.
Our ancient scriptures have visualized India as a culture that spread its joy between the Mighty Himalayas and the Deep Ocean. The dance production is presented as conversation between the Himalayas and the Ocean.
Tad-Bharatham takes you on a journey through nature and culture using the artistic media of music, dance, and literature. Performed by a brilliant team of ten dancers, the production features elements drawn from India’s classical literature including the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata along with Sanskrit poems such as the Raghuvamsha and Shakuntalam of Kalidasa exploring various sentiments of love, valour, anger, laughter, and celebration.
Nirupama & Rajendra are one of India’s foremost classical dancers of India belonging to a family of educationists, artists and Harikatha Vidwans – traditional storytellers. As founders of ‘Abhinava Dance Company’- one of India’s most popular and cutting-edge production houses recognized worldwide, the duo have been instrumental in introducing a great deal of innovation, creativity, enthusiasm, and imagination to the realm of Classical Art.
The duo have been working in the field of dance for over 25 years as dancers, choreographers, producers, and performers. They have carved a niche for themselves in the world of Arts as one of the most versatile and creative artists. They have created original works & toured extensively performing to over 5 million connoisseurs all over India & several countries across the five continents.
As part of the exciting line-up at Virtual IAGB India Day on August 15th, we are pleased to announce that Anuradha Palakurthi, the Nightingale of New England, is presenting One India Concert featuring India’s singing superstar – Vijay Prakash.
Vijay Prakash is a versatile and renowned Indian playback singer and film composer from Mumbai. His proficiency in Carnatic and knowledge of Hindustani has made him a formidable name in the Indian Music industry. He is one of the main singers in the song “Jai Ho” which won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also won Grammy Award in the category ‘Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media’. Besides singing hundreds of songs in South Indian languages, he has also sung in Hindi films such as Cheeni Kum, Yuvraaj,Swades, Blue, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Raavan, Force and a few others.
Today Vijay Prakash is one of the most respected and sought after singers in the southern India in all four languages, having sung and won innumerable awards in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. He has also been the judge on popular television show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” in Zee Telugu, Zee Tamil and Zee Kannada simultaneously, a feat which no singer has achieved so far. His popularity on the reality shows stems from the fact that he is linguist and can speak in 5 Indian languages Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Marathi fluently.
In addition to film music, he has commanded respect in the field of classical music also with his unique voice and the versatility, and has performed many fusion shows with likes of Ustaad Zakir Husain, Ranjit Barot, Sivamani and Taufiq Qureshi and has performed at various prestigious venues like the Shanmukhananda, NCPA, Prithvi and the Royal Opera House in Mumbai, and also at the International Music Festivals like Womad in the UK and also the Woodstock festival in Europe.
He was featured in MTV India Coke Studio Season 2 and Season 3, in which his songs like Banjara, Baina and Sati went viral. He has also sung in many spiritual albums like Vignaharta, Dancing with Shiva, Glimpses off Geetto to name a few. Vijay was also the resident artist at the Berklee College of Music, Boston in the year 2015, where he collaborated with the students and performed with them.
Anuradha Palakurthi widely known as the Nightingale of New England, has been recognized as the top-rated singer of Indian origin by industry legends. She has performed live with Bollywood singers like Kumar Sanu, Suresh Wadkar, Deepak Pandit and Bappi Lahiri across the United States. Anuradha has recorded a duet with Hariharan for Ekal Vidyalaya – composed by guitarist Prasanna with drummer Sivamani, and a group of 14 multiple-Grammy winning musicians from across the globe. She sings in six Indian languages and has recorded playback for South Indian films. Anuradha is the serving Chairperson of MIT’s Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) and co-hosts a weekly Radio Music India show on WLYN 1360 that educates and entertains listeners on the Carnatic & Hindustani classical roots of Indian Film music.
Earlier this year, Ms. Palakurthi’s “Jaan Meri” song from her Jaan Meri album won the prestigious Independent Music Category’s Best Song of the Year Award at the Radio Mirchi Music Awards, the Indian equivalent of the Grammys. Two of the top five nominees for the best song of the year for the Radio Mirchi Music Awards in the Non-Film/ Independent category were from Jaan Meri Album.
This virtual One India Concert will feature songs from all regions of India in many different languages and will be one of its kind.
IAGB invites writers, chefs, artists, photographers and dreamers to submit entries under various categories listed below. IAGB editors will select and publish. We strongly encourage you all to avail this opportunity and participate in the 74th India Day celebrations in your own way!!!
Category 1:
Youth Column:
We want to hear from the NextGen. What are your thoughts? What is your passion? What drives you? What bores you? Pen your thoughts on a topic of your choosing and restrict it to approximately 500 words.
Category 2:
Then & Now:
Are you a family of writers but don’t see eye to eye? Love same things but experience it differently? Have the times ‘really’ changed? Please submit an entry (250 words or less) on a sweet / fun / poignant memory from your childhood. Entries to be from two persons of different generations. Illustrations encouraged. Subject matter can be:
a. School/Teachers
b. Traditions
c. Friendships
d. Vacations
e. Entertainment
Category 3:
India New England Recipes:
Did lockdown teach you new ways to cook? Did you try new or unique or old traditional recipes? Please share your recipe with images.
Category 4:
Art*
IAGB would love to celebrate India Day with displays of your Artwork. In context of India’s Independence Day celebrations, we would like your art to reflect one of the four subject areas listed below:
a. Independence Day
b. State of Origin
c. Current Events
d. Historical Events
*Some of the art works may be used as the cover of the magazine
Category 5:
Photography*
We invite amateur photographers to submit their photographs (subject areas given below). A panel of professional photographers will choose the winners in each category which will be published.
a. Nature
b. Animals
c. Buildings/Architecture
*Submit details of Photograph submissions: Camera (Can be phone camera too); if any advanced settings (F-Stop, TV, ISO) used, time of day and any other information that you would like to share.
Category 6:
I have a Dream…
Everyone has a dream. How would you start your ‘I have a Dream…’ speech. In 150 words or less chisel you dream onto a paper and share with the wide world.
Category 7:
Guest Column:
If you want to free flow and write on any topic of your choosing you still can. Please send us your column on a topic of your choosing in 500 words or less.
DEADLINE: July 31st is the deadline for all entries. Please submit all entries to email id: iagb@iagb.org (In subject mention Category name and #. For submissions from children under the age of 18 please mention your age so we are able to recognize the children contributions appropriately).
IAGB in collaboration with Shishu Bharti is excited to present a fun-filled, thoughtful , and educational insight into India’ s long journey from being a subjugated nation to a free nation, now in it’s 73rd year of Independence. There will be 6 sessions with prizes at the end of every session as well at the end of the classes. Please register at the link below to participate. All classes will be held on Zoom. Upon registration you will receive a Zoom ID and password to participate. Classes will begin on July 12th, Sunday from 10 am to 12 am. Registration is free. These classes are open to all Middle School and High School students.
I do not look to history to absolve my country of the need to do things right today. Rather I seek to understand the wrongs of yesterday, both to grasp what has brought us to our present reality and to understand the past for itself.
Dr. Shashi Tharoor
“An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India”
India gained its independence from the British on August 15th 1947, after almost two hundred years of British rule. The British East India Company came to India in the 17th century to trade with a rich and prosperous India, created an Empire that lasted for two centuries, and then left an exploited and impoverished nation.
The resistance to British rule had an extremely violent phase in 1857, called the “Sepoy Mutiny” or the “First War of Indian Independence”, which led to crushing defeat. It took a decades long nonviolent movement, finally led by one of the greatest human beings in history, Mahatma Gandhi, to gain independence.To further their rule, the British deepened religious divisions that led to a bloody partition into two countries at Independence. All Indians and those of Indian origin in the world are living with the legacy of this period.
In this six part virtual series course sponsored and promoted by the Indian Association of Greater Boston (IAGB), a group of passionate teachers from the Shishubharati School of Culture and Languages will explore this topic.
We will go through a timeline of the events through three centuries, describe the critical factors and important personalities at play; using a book list, Youtube videos and voluntary quizzes to supplement and illustrate the lessons.
Prizes will be given for participation through the course, and at the end.
Event Details
Who: Middle School and High School Students
When: Every Sunday 10 AM -11 AM, July 12 – August 16 2020 (Zoom link to be sent)
For any questions, please contact: Indian Association of Greater Boston (IAGB) : Mrs. Lata Rao (lata.rao@iagb.org) Shishubharati: Dr. Seshi Somapuram (sompuram@bu.edu) , Mr. Vineet Kumar (vineet.kumar@analog.com)
IAGB is pleased to invite nominations for the prestigious “IAGB Community Youth
Excellence” award. Anyone – including parents, friends and relatives – can nominate a
student. Students can also nominate themselves. The deadline is July 31, 2020.
IAGB will recognize a maximum of two students, who demonstrate extraordinary achievement in one or more of the following areas:
Community Service
Academics
Arts and Music
Sports
Exceptional service of an altruistic nature for the greater good of the community
Eligible nominees must be rising junior or senior high school students of Indian origin,
who reside and attend school in the New England Area.
Required Documentation
Submit nominations with the following required supporting documentation by July 31 to
iagb@iagb.org:
Student/school/town name, and student contact details (email, telephone number and address).
A one space two-page essay in Microsoft Word on: How has Coronavirus affected your education and personal development? How has school closure led to new study solutions?
List major achievements in detail, using separate pages for each area of achievement. Include any supporting documents such as images, videos, etc.
If nomination is made by someone other than the nominee, include the name of the nominating person and contact details.
The awardees will be notified via email and recognized at India Day Festival 2020 on
August 15th. If you have any questions, send an email to iagb@iagb.org. IAGB team is
coming up with very unique and creatives ways to celebrate our much-anticipated India
Day this year.
DATE:June 21st, 2020 TIME: 7AM tO 10AM EST/ 4:30PM to 7:30PM IST
International Day of Yoga 2020 is organized by India Association of Greater
Boston (IAGB) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-
Sciences (NIMHANS) and its Integrated Centre for Yoga (NICY) located in
Bangalore, India. Since April 27th, IAGB and NICY have been working
together on free 1-hour, daily online tele-yoga practice during weekdays.
The practice was specifically designed to help the feeling of well-being
during this stressful time and over 500 registrants have participated in
the daily yoga sessions.
Yoga is a 5,000-year-old tradition from India that combines physical, mental, and
spiritual pursuits to achieve harmony of the body and mind. On December 11 in
2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as the
International Day of Yoga. The declaration came at the behest of the Indian Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi during his address to UN General Assembly on
September 27, 2014, wherein he stated: "Yoga is an invaluable gift of India's
ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action;
restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to
health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of
oneness with yourself, the world and nature”. In Suggesting June 21, which is the
Summer Solstice, as the International Day of Yoga, Narendra Modi had said: "the
date is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and has special
significance in many parts of the world.”
Schedule
“Yoga Session” by Dr. Hemanth Bhargav at 7AM
“Yoga for Mental Health” by Dr. Gangadhar, Dr. Nagarathna and Dr, Shivrama Varamballi at 7:50AM
Sadguru’s Message on IDY
“Yoga for Stress “by Prof. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa at 8:50AM
“Yoga in Modern Life/Healthy Life Style” Panel Discussion by Dr. Jyoti C Hinduja, Ram Chelakara(AOL), Jay Gupta(YogaCaps), Narendra Karapakula(Bharatiya Yoga Sansthan), Dev Lingadevaru(Brahmakumari) at 9:15AM
Dr. Hemanth Bhargav is Assistant Professor of Yoga Department of Integrative Medicine, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India.
He has previously worked as Assistant Professor of Yoga at Swami Vivekananda Yoga University, Bengaluru for 5 years. He has published more than 60 research papers in peer reviewed international journals in the field of integrative medicine, yoga and Ayurveda, including a book on Yoga for Depression.
Dr. B. N. Gangadhar
Prof.B.N.Gangadhar, MBBS, MD, DSc, is the current Director & Vice Chancellor of National Institute
of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences [NIMHANS], Bengaluru India.
B N Gangadhar has been serving as the Director (since January 2016) and Professor of Psychiatry at
NIMHANS. He completed his MBBS in 1978 (Bangalore Medical College), MD Psychiatry in 1981
(NIMHANS), DSc (Doctor of Science) from SVYASA University for research work of Yoga and Mental
Health in 2012. He has served as Honorary Dean, Life Sciences at SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore
(from 2013), Adjunct faculty on Consciousness at National Institute of Advanced Studies (from 2014);
President of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Chapter (2012-13); Visiting Fellow (IBRO),
Vienna, Austria (1987-88); Consultant to WHO for inspection of Tsunami relief projects 2008. He is
presently on the expert committees of DST and on the national AYUSH committee for integrative
medicine. He is the recipient of the coveted Sir CV Raman Award and Doctors Day Award from the
Government of Karnataka. He has also shared over 25 awards with other primary recipients. B N
Gangadhar was elected Fellow in 2019.
Dr. R. Nagarathna
Dr. R. Nagarathna is one of the pioneers in the field of Yoga therapy. She is the Dean, Division of
yoga and life sciences and chief consultant at Arogyadhama, SVYASA. Dr Nagarathna did her MBBS
from Bangalore medical college, MD in internal medicine fromMysore medical college, Her MRCP
and FRCP from Edinburg, UK. She has over 80 publications in national and international journals and
has 11 books on series of yoga for different ailments published.
She been felicitated with numerous awards such as the: Patanjali Award (2000) for contributions in
the field of yoga by Indian Systems of Medicine and homoeopathy (ISM & H), Ministry of health and
family welfare, Government of India, arranged through Director, ISM & H in Bangalore. Dr P S
Shankar Vaidya Shree award (2001) by Dr P S Shankar Pratistana.
Gulbarga.Woman of Excellence award (2003) by the Badaganadu Sangha Association, Bangalore,
for service to humanity through Yoga Therapy. Karnataka Kalpavalli award (1995) for Service to
women through Yoga awarded by Shaswathi a women’s organization, NMKRV College, Bangalore.
Doctor’s Day award (July 1992) by IMA, Bangalore branch.
Prof. Sat Bir S. Khalsa
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. is Director of Yoga Research for the Yoga Alliance and the Kundalini Research Institute, Research Associate at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Research Affiliate at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has conducted research on yoga and yoga therapy since 2001 and has been a practitioner/instructor of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan since 1971. His research has evaluated yoga for insomnia, chronic stress, and anxiety-related disorders, and in the workplace and public schools. He works with the International Association of Yoga Therapists promoting yoga research as scientific director for the annual Symposium on Yoga Research and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. He is medical editor of the Harvard Medical School Special Report Introduction to Yoga, and chief editor of the medical textbook The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care.
Dr. Shivarama Varamballi
Dr. Shivarama is a Professor of Psychiatry and currently the Officer-in-Charge of the NICY. His research interests include the neurobiology of psychotic disorders and the therapeutic use of Yoga in neuropsychiatric disorders, with notable contributions in these areas.
Panel Members
Dr. Jyoti C Hinduja
Founder s-VyasaDr. Jyoti C. Hinduja, MBBS, MHA, AHC is a Harvard-trained Executive Healthcare Leader engaged in the healthcare industry from a research and policy perspective. Her unique background, expertise, and skills give her the credibility to change, empower, and inspire people about integrating ancient healing Ayurvedic practices with conventional allopathic medicine with an aim to enhance overall health and wellness.
Dr. Hinduja’s expansive knowledge of Ayurvedic Medicine offers a philosophical perspective of the ancient sciences as a holistic medicine that factors in the body impact of psychology, environment, diet, and lifestyle on the etio-pathogenesis of disease manifestation. She passionately views integrative modalities of treatment as a way to treat the body as a whole from inside out and believes in empowering, rejuvenating, and regenerating the body to heal from within.
Ram chelkhara
Art of LivingRam Chelakara has been practicing yoga and meditation from a very young age. He has been driven by a need to share these life transforming tools and techniques with people from all walks of life. Ram has been teaching for the Art of Living Foundation for the past 15 years in various cities across the USA. He is also a Yoga Alliance 300 hour certified instructor.
Ram Chelakara graduated from IIT Bombay and has a Ph.D in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He currently works at Raytheon Company as an engineering manager and scientist. Ram is an experienced team-builder and enjoys working with teams that celebrate diversity and cross-cultural interactions.
Jay Gupta
Yoga CapsJay Gupta is a registered community pharmacist and specializes in medication therapy management. He previously had a career in international marketing of Ayurvedic and pharmaceutical products.
His yoga immersion began in India in 1983 and he has been exploring the depths of yoga since then. Throughout his life, he has endeavored to achieve a scientific understanding of yoga and nature cure practices. He has traveled from the Himalayas to Kerala learning a variety of yoga and nature cure practices, and has studied with many of the top yoga researchers in the US and India. He shares some of the practices from the Himalayan masters in his DVD Subtle Yoga for Rejuvenation and donates all the proceeds for advancing the science of yoga.
Dev Lingadevaru
BrahmakumariThe Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization in the USA is part of a worldwide network of learning and retreat centers with over a million members.We are dedicated to individual, societal and world transformation through the study and spiritual practice of raj yoga meditation. At the heart of our teaching is the belief that the pathway to individual peace and fulfillment is first realizing and then remembering our original nature as spiritual beings in connection with One Source, who provides meaning and purpose to our identity.
Narendra Karapakula
Bharatiya Yoga SansthanBharatiya Yog Sansthan (Regd.) came into being on 10th April 1967, it is non-sectarian, social, cultural and non-profit making organization. It firmly believes in Bharatiya cultural heritage and aims to re-establish by protecting and preserving it. It draws its inspiration from the lofty human ideals of Bharatiya culture viz ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam’ – Entire Universe Is Our Family and ‘Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu’, ‘Sarve Bhaventu Sukhina’ – may all be happy, may all being rejoice in joy and happiness and the like as ‘Live ‘N’ Liven’ – may all live for the service of humanity and inspire others to live in the service of Almighty. To fulfill this aim Sansthan has chosen Yog as its means.
Join Us in our Filmy Antakshari and support our IAGB fundraising efforts to help our local food banks and homeless shelters!
Getting zoned out with zoom calls? Miss the fun, frolic and merriness of weekend gatherings?
Well, IAGB is giving you the perfect opportunity…
Are you an artist? Great
Are you a dancer? Amazing
Are you a singer? Fantastic
Are you bathroom singer? No problem at all..
There is something for everyone of you
Come join us and participate in a virtual Filmy Antakshari Video
It’s an Antakshari with a Twist.. जैसे फिल्मो में होती है… जरा जरासी वैसी ही…lekin thodi alag si
Have fun and raise money for the cause. We will be releasing multiple ‘Episodes’ to complete a season every Saturday with first drop scheduled end of June
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS PARTICPATE IN OUR EVENT AND 100% OF YOUR TICKET PRICE WILL BE DONATED TO SUPPORT THE FOOD BANKS.
Register to participate choosing your area of interest (Act, Sing, Dance and art)
Requested Donation is $10 per video. Of course you can donate more if you would like.
You can register for yourself or the whole family for a video.But if family members want to participate in different areas of interest i.e. Dad wants to sing, mom wants to dance and kids want to draw then you will need to register for 3 video’s choosing Individual registration category.
We will have one Kids Special Episode so please choose ‘Kids Episode’ if you want to register your kids for that episode (Please note spots are limited and will be taken on first come first serve basis)
After registration you will get more instructions based on your area of interest
Join Us in our Run and support our IAGB fundraising efforts to help our local food banks and homeless shelters!
Before the pandemic, Feeding America and its network of 200 food banks served 40 million people. As the virus continues, we estimate that 17.1 million additional people could find themselves without enough food. Along with that, experts are also predicting that the COVID-19 pandemic will increase homelessness between 40% and 45%, nationally. That fact is particularly worrisome because advocates confess they already lack enough resources to fully address the current level of homelessness. Many people in our community who were employed before the pandemic now find themselves laid off or having reduced hours. Often, that means hard-working people who are doing everything right will need a little extra help feeding themselves and their families.Along with that with social services stretched thin and businesses shuttering, rather than keeping people away from shelters, the virus has driven many in. This is where food banks and homeless shelters step in – to fill the gap during the pandemic and beyond.
For food banks, pantries, meal programs and the people who visit them , the pandemic has meant a tremendous shift in not only the need, but how those programs are operating. And for shelters, the issue is having people trapped on the streets and exposing themselves to the risk of COVID-19. Hence, we at IAGB have taken two prong approach- we have taken all our effort in supporting our local food banks so that no one goes HUNGRY and supporting homlessness shelters to move people off the streets and into SHELTERS!
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RUN/WALK WITH US AND PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND 100% OF YOUR TICKET PRICE WILL BE DONATED TO SUPPORT THE FOOD BANKS.
Rules and Regulations
Register for the Bhaag IAGB Bhaag Virtual Run/Walk on our site
The registration can be at an individual level or at a family level – Age is not a concern – all proceeds will be donated to a good cause
Virtual runs – run or walk outdoors but limit the time on roads and continue to support safe and healthy running distances and social distancing
This Event is just for “one”day (Saturday, June 20th 2020) and our suggested run time is between 8am-8.30am (we recommend morning run/walk to beat the heat)
Set your running trail in your neighborhood and run/walk 5K or more, at your own pace, and make sure to track it on your prefered app.
Pick up your t-shirt from the location we announce, wear it on the run day to show that you supported our fundraising.
At the end of the run/walk, take a picture of yourself or the family and your track record , post on Instagram/Facebook with the #BhaagIAGBhaag
Maintain 6ft distance and STAY SAFE!
REGISTRATION INCLUDES: Optional Performance Wear Tee T-SHIRT – Wear the T-Shirt as part of the Run. Only the first 100 registrants will get the t-shirts.
IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE ORGANIZERS: With endurance events shut down nationwide, gyms closing, stores being closed…this is our attempt to help keep everyone focused on healthy living, spread a little playful humor all while doing some good deeds in the process. It is not intended to be insensitive or downplay the gravity of the illness. It is very serious. When the virus completes its course, we need you healthy and back on the trails. Please follow all the guidelines from the State Governor and CDC. Stay healthy, fit and don’t become a couch potato! Let’s beat this virus together.
