FIA — Chicago commemorates Indian Heritage Night
During the pregame, the Chicago Dance Varsity Group, directed by Puja Joshi, demonstrated Indian dance traditions. The Dancing Divas & Little Angels group's Pregame Dance performance on Bollywood Instrumental, followed by the freestyle Bollywood Dance, won everyone's heart
The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), an Indian American community organization in Chicago celebrated Indian Heritage Night at the NOW Arena (previously Sears Center) for the fifth year in a row, where the Windy City Bulls — the official NBA G League affiliates of the Chicago Bulls — faced College Park Skyhawks.
The Indian Heritage Night celebrations began with the chairman & founder president of FIA Sunil Shah, along with his wife Rita Shah, president Hitesh Gandhi, and founder & former president Onkar Singh Sangha, executive vice president Vinita Gulabani, general secretary Richa Chand, and cultural secretary Pika Munshi, representing team FIA and all Indian diaspora, proudly standing on the court holding the Indian tricolor. Nitya Nair sang the American national anthem immediately after it.
Brad Seymore, president of the Windy City Bulls, gave a Certificate of Appreciation to Team FIA — Chicago for their participation and celebration of Indian Heritage Night's fifth anniversary. Sunil Shah, Rita Shah, Hitesh Gandhi, Onkar Sangha, Neil Khot, Vinita Gulabani, Altaf Bukhari, and Richa Chand accepted the award on behalf of Team FIA. chairman Shah said, "We promote and motivate our youth to participate and perform during the Bulls games."
During the pregame, the Chicago Dance Varsity Group, directed by Puja Joshi, demonstrated Indian dance traditions. The Dancing Divas & Little Angels group's Pregame Dance performance on Bollywood Instrumental, followed by the freestyle Bollywood Dance, won everyone's heart. The Magic Feet troupe performed a spectacular Garbha traditional dance. The Dancing Diamonds ensemble also performed a wonderful Indian fusion dance performance.