AV 25th December 2021

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FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE India’s vaccine maker donates $66mn to Oxford University

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Kolkata’s Durga Puja gets World Heritage tag

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Let noble thoughts come to us from every side Safe celebrations with loved ones

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25 - 31 DECEMBER 2021 - VOL 50 ISSUE 33 Sikh MP condemns Golden Temple sacrilege attempts, courts controversy SEE PAGE - 12

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THE BEAUTY OF KINDNESS In the last issue of 2021, Asian Voice reached out to the community to tell tales of kindness, what it means to them, and how they are helping in their own little capacity to make a difference for the less fortunate this Christmas. While many would be in self-imposed isolation as the virus spreads like wildfire, the diaspora reaches out to Britons, in an effort to make the holidays less grim or lonely.

Perseverance wins dignity for the departed Anoopam Mission wins landmark appeal to build Hindu Crematorium

Pallavi and Shashikant Patel during Christmas 2017

Pallavi Patel (from Vaso-Alindra, Gujarat, India) and Shashikant Patel (from Uganda), with their sons Deepen and Meeten (Photo from 2019)

Shefali Saxena Congratulations! You survived another catastrophic year. You’ve been brave, resilient, and more importantly, kind. The amount of courage that it takes to get through these unprecedented times and the unity shown by our community is a huge endeavour. Yet, one must not forget that many people still haven’t managed to see Continued on page 16-17 their families in the longest time.

Anoopam Mission UK has received a landmark planning decision to build a state-of-the-art crematorium on its grounds in Denham, Buckinghamshire, adjacent to its existing Hindu Temple and Community Centre. This would represent the first purpose-built Hindu faith crematorium in the UK. But this is a result of six years of perseverance and dauntless determination on part of many stakeholders who pushed for this landmark appeal, which otherwise, would have never seen the light of the day. Continued on page 13


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