Thin crowd at India’s Beijing embassy for Yoga Day

International Yoga Day is usually a grand affair in Beijing. The Indian embassy invites about 500 people each year, across nationalities, to India House. This time, they asked yoga instructor Ashish Bahuguna to lead the special 40-minute session. With Covid norms in mind, they thought of inviting 200 guests for Sunday’s event. But the list was eventually cut to just 90.