The extraordinary bit about the trio's participation has been using their run as an opportunity to create social awareness about the pressing social issue of that year
Miten Shah, a resident of Grant Road, along with his 13-year-old twin sons, has been participating in the Mumbai Marathon for the past eight years however the extraordinary bit about the trio's participation has been using their run as an opportunity to create social awareness about the pressing social issue of that year.
Since 2010, Shah, along with his twin boys — Akshya and Lakshya — decide on a new theme, message and costume to run the marathon besides physically preparing themselves for the Dream Run. This year they plan to spread the message of 'save the girl child' at the Tata Mumbai Marathon. On this year's theme, Shah said, "We have been hearing a lot of news for the past few years about the girl child. Our Prime Minister too has been supporting the cause of saving the girl child and giving importance to the girl child's education. We thought of raising awareness on this issue among the larger audience through the marathon platform.
While both my sons and their 14-year-old cousin will be painting their body with the message, my brother-in-law and I will be wearing t-shirts with different messages on the 'save girl child' theme. We want to highlight different social causes every year."
Shah has been participating in the marathon with his sons ever since they were five years old. Shah added, "I was inspired by my uncle to participate in the marathon. When we participated for the first time, the crowd cheered for my kids which excited them to participate more often."
In past years, the trio has promoted social causes such as peace, save tigers, save trees, salute soldiers, salute former leaders and freedom fighters, swachh bharat, save water and quit smoking through their marathon runs.
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