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Dr Sampat Shivangi participates at event

to honor diaspora members in London

OUR BUREAU
London, UK
r Sampat Shivangi, MD, who
is the Chairman of Mississippi
DState Department Of Mental
Health and Member National Advi-
sory Council SAMHSA, Washington
DC, was in London, UK, recently to
participate in an event to honor Indi-
an Diaspora members.
The event was organized at the
House of Lords in British Parliament
on March 7-8, 2023. It was attended
by members of Diaspora in the UK,
US and other European countries.
A highly respected and senior Kingdom. “It was such a wonderful experience and op-
member of the House of Lords, Lord portunity to meet these British Indian billionaires who
Swaraj Paul, was instrumental in or- have made their strides in the UK,” said Dr Sampat.
ganizing this event with other emi- Speaking about the event, Dr Sampat said that Lord
nent members, including Lord Karan Swaraj Paul “was gracious enough to invite me to his
Bilimoria and Lord Rami Ranger, a home in the evening and had a such great exchange of
business tycoon. All three are billion- memories of my meetings with earlier Prime Ministers of
aires and proud Indians in United India, such as Indira Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee.

World Vegan Vision hosts Ramanavami celebrations

with vegan food and lectures

OUR BUREAU
Lawrenceville, NJ
T he World organized unique
Vision
Vegan
(WVV)
vegan Ramanavami celebra-
tions at Siddhi Vinayak Mandir in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, on April
2. World Vegan Vision is a volunteer
organization that includes many an-
imal activists, medical professionals
and other professionals who support
the promotion of a plant-based diet,
animal welfare, and environmental
conservation.
The organization further em-
phasized that a vegan diet is the best
diet and quoted a couplet from Gee-
ta, “If one offers to Me with devotion
a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or even wa-
ter, I delightfully partake of that item
offered with love by My devotee in
pure consciousness.” After the cele-
bration, talks on veganism were giv- The food served was entirely veg- ents. The organizers have promised the eager crowd and were listened
en by WVV’s Medical director Dr. an. It was well appreciated by the au- to keep another similar event on Jan- to with keen interest. The event was
Shrenik Shah, president Dr. Kalindi dience. There was a Q&A round too mashtami in August, when a much possible due to the persistent, untir-
Bakshi, and well-learned, long-term where many questions were asked re- larger crowd is expected. ing efforts of WVV Public Relations
vegan enthusiast Anil Narang. garding the vegan food and ingredi- The talks were well received by Officer, Nitin Vyas.

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