Tahira, Karisma root

Actress Karisma Kapoor and filmmaker Tahira Kashyap on Sunday cheered for the women who participated in Pinkathon. They flagged off the marathon at MMRDA, BKC in Mumbai.

Overwhelmed to see so many women participating in the event, Tahira took to Instagram and wrote: “So many hearts, 11000 to be precise! All beating screaming of our existence, of the joy we are, of the happiness we bring to this planet. This gender needs to exist in greater numbers, in parity with the other one. Make us live. Make it happen.”

Pinkathon was set-up in India by model-actor and fitness enthusiast Milind Soman in 2012 to create awareness about breast cancer and women’s health. Tahira, who has battled cancer, also spoke about early detection of breast cancer. Karisma too posted several pictures from the marathon on her Instagram handle. “Amazing to see so many women fitness enthusiasts gathered together for Pinkathon,” Karisma wrote. —IANS