A Bangladeshi youth has won the global video blogging competition conducted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
The ICCR launched the competition styled “My Life My Yoga” last year in June.
“Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the competition elicited an overwhelming response from across the globe, presumably in part because of enhanced interest in Yoga as a means of maintaining health in the fight against Covid-19,” the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said. The maximum number of entries was from Bangladesh.
Mansif Helali, a teenager from Bangladesh, bagged the third position in the Youth Category for his extraordinary skills in different postures of Yoga. He received a prize including $1000. At an event at the High Commission, High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami handed over the cheque to Mansif Helali and congratulated him in the presence of his family and officials of the High Commission. Helali has been a student of Yoga for the last 11 years.
“This well spoken and thoughtful young man wants to contribute to public health and social harmony through holistic healing as a lifelong passion,” the High Commission said.