AV 14th November 2020

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FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE PM Modi hails NDA's victory in Bihar elections SEE PAGE - 25

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Let noble thoughts come to us from every side

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DIWALI 2020

LET THE LIGHT GUIDE US Community welcomes celebrations virtually across Britain

Happy Diwali We wish all our readers a Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year. All subscribers will receive their copy of the Diwali Special Magazine separately. Due to Diwali holidays, your next issue of Asian Voice will be 28 November 2020. Till then take care and stay safe.

Charusmita

Community organisations have united to celebrate a virtual Diwali this year despite the UK remaining in a national lockdown 2.0 owing to a second wave of coronavirus. Local councillors and politicians have ensured that Asians strictly follow lockdown restrictions, banning all sorts of public gatherings to avoid an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases. Continued on page 16

KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN MAKE HISTORY The first coloured Vice President of US and President-elect Joe Biden defeat Trump

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

2019 Diwali celebration in Trafalgar Square, London

On November 3, as the incumbent US President Donald Trump grappled to come to terms with a historic loss in the US Presidential Elections 2020, “You’re fired” trended on social media across the globe. Democrat and US President elect Joe Biden and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris achieved a stupendous victory. Receiving the news of Harris’ victory, people in her Indian grandfather’s hometown set off firecrackers and offers prayers in a Hindu temple. Village Thulasendrapuram’s councillor eagerly awaits the oath taking ceremony of the daughter of his village. Continued on page 22


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