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Hindu community in UAE supports the global initiative to pray to end pandemic

The Hindu community in Abu Dhabi has extended its support for the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity's call to pray for humanity on May 14, 2020 to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pujya Brahmavihari Swami, leader of the Hindu community and head of BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi, has expressed his pride of joining the prayer.


"It is an inspirational initiative to get humanity at large united in the face of the COVID-19 onslaught," he said.

The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity issued a statement calling for the prayer, supplication and fasting. Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church and Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, and other prominent religious, political, and societal figures announced their support and participation in the global initiative.

The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity comprises a diverse set of international religious leaders, educational scholars and cultural leaders who were inspired by the Document on Human Fraternity, and are dedicated to sharing its message of mutual understanding and peace.

Indians are the single largest community in the UAE, and Hindus make up approximately 25 per cent of that community Estimates suggest Hindu population in UAE to be anywhere from 6-10 per cent.

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Martin Parr death at 73 marks end of Britain’s vivid chronicler of everyday life

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Martin Parr, who captured Britain’s class divides and British Asian life, dies at 73

Highlights:

  • Martin Parr, acclaimed British photographer, died at home in Bristol aged 73.
  • Known for vivid, often humorous images of everyday life across Britain and India.
  • His work is featured in over 100 books and major museums worldwide.
  • The National Portrait Gallery is currently showing his exhibition Only Human.
  • Parr’s legacy continues through the Martin Parr Foundation.

Martin Parr, the British photographer whose images of daily life shaped modern documentary work, has died at 73. Parr’s work, including his recent exhibition Only Human at the National Portrait Gallery, explored British identity, social rituals, and multicultural life in the years following the EU referendum.

For more than fifty years, Parr turned ordinary scenes into something memorable. He photographed beaches, village fairs, city markets, Cambridge May Balls, and private rituals of elite schools. His work balanced humour and sharp observation, often in bright, postcard-like colour.

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