BURLINGTON, MA—India Association of Greater Boston attracted about 2,000 people to celebrate India’s Republic Day on Saturday at Burlington High School in Burlington, MA. IAGB also held a number of competitions on the occasion and announced their winners. See the full list of winners below.
“It was the largest attended Republic Day event in the recent years, with over 2000 people in attendance across the day-long competitions and cultural segments,” IAGB President Aditi Taylor said.
IAGB Vice President Sanjay Kenchengowda said there was a huge crowed at the Republic Day Mela.
“We had wrist band for everyone and I think we ran out of 2000 wrist bands we had,” said Mr. Kenchengowda.
There were about 500 participants and performers at the IAGB Republic Day Mela , which started at 1:00 PM and continued through 10:00 PM on at Burlington High School in Burlington, MA. The daylong event featured multiple competitions and cultural performances.
Prashanth Palakurthi, who attended the event with his wife Anuradha Palakurthi, said that children presented a “kaleidoscopic gorgeousness of Indian culture.”
“Over 300 participants, mostly children from the ages of 2 to 16, presented the kaleidoscopic gorgeousness of Indian culture through a sequence of songs & dance; traditional and contemporary; and representing all parts of India that the song Vande Mataram identifies – Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha, Dravida, Utkala, Vanga,” said Mr. Palakurthi. “When children from that age onwards wear their heritage with pride, it is obvious as to why they will succeed in their chosen endeavors in the USA – a country which shares deeply-ingrained, human and secular values with India.”
Here is the full list of winners in various competitions:
Geography Bee:
Category A (5-9 yrs):
- 1st: Saisabari Ramesh
- 2nd: Tanisha Rao
Category B (10-13 years): TIE
- Sharada Gopalkrishnan and Aishwarya Ramesh
Category C (13+ yrs):
- 1st: Darshan Krishnaswamy
Trivia Quiz(Team):
1st: Saniya Sapkal, Aarabhi Srivasankaran
Aadhya Madapadi – 2nd prize trivia quiz winner
2nd (TIE): Raj Taylor, Shiv Meiyur, Adi Dash Rucha Dave, Shakti Meiyur, Maansi Rajput
Elocution:
Category Middle School:
1st: Esha Mehta
2nd: Advay Goel
Category High School:
1st: Anay Mehta
Story Telling:
Category Grade K-2:
1st: Bhavishya Vignesh
2nd: Vibha Arun
Catetory Grade 3-5:
1st: Shreya Jha
2nd: Siya Singhal
Science Quiz(Team):
1st: Darshan Krishnaswamy, Tanisha Rao, Saisabari Ramesh
2nd: Shiv Meiyur, Sanjith Krishnan, Shreyas Hanchinamani, Aishwarya Ramesh, Ryana Riaz
Carrom:
1st: Mashood Illikal
2nd: Vishal Taylor
Skit Enactment(Team):
1st: Team Natyaranga (Eesha Ingle, Mihir Acharya,Archana Deshmukh, Sushant Mulgaonkar, Harshal Joshi)
2nd: Nilay Mukherjee and Monisha Prakash
Photography:
Jasion Jose (Nature, Portraiture)
Sanjith Krishnan (Smartphone)
Neil Pandit (Black and White)
Poetry:
Catetory 10 – 15 yrs.:
1st: Sharada Gopalkrishnan
2nd: Diya Munshi
Special Mention: Anaya Joshi
Category 25+:
1st: Sachin Dave
2nd: Ramesh Subramaniam
Special Mention: Shamita Behl, Kalai Ramesh
Chess:
Category A: (upto 8 yrs.)
1st: Anand Swaroop
2nd: Rayhan Riaz
Category B: (9-13 yrs)
1st: Rahul Bansal
2nd: Arnesh Yeola
Category C: (14 and above)
1st: Aditya Mathur
Art:
Category A (5-8 yrs.)
1st: Samhita Gowda
2nd: Aadya Goel
Category B (9-12 yrs.)
1st: Anaya Joshi
2nd: Ananya Mathur
Special Mention: Charvi Ankem
Catetory C (13 – 16 yrs)
1st: Raina Parekh
2nd: Madhita
Special Mention: Tanvi Sistu
Category D (Adult)
1st: Anita Srinivasan
2nd: Shashank Nene
Essay Writing:
Category Middle School:
1st: Tejas Kollipara
2nd: Advay Goel
Category High School:
1st: Advay Wadekar.
