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This South Asian Heritage Month, Aviva Origins and our South Asian Professionals Network helped us to recognise the rich culture, history and contributions of South Asians – both within #LifeAtAviva and beyond.
And did they have some fantastic stories to tell!
Varun Malik arranged an Indian Folk Art Exhibition in our London office, inspiring some talented artists among us, who created their own beautiful pieces during a workshop with Sheetal A.
We danced away Bhangra-style, hosted by Rupinder Roopra in London and Jimeet Romen Shah in Bristol, at our workshop with Gita Mistry-Patel from Bollywood Magic
Zena Patel indulged us in South Asian literature through our Book Club throughout the month, paying homage to authors from around the globe
Anna D. interviewed best-selling author Jaspreet Kaur about her journey to getting ‘Brown Girl Like Me’ published, and hosted a live Q&A with our Group CEO’s Chief of Staff, Saratha Rajeswaran, about her identity, career and role models
Nabihah Khan sensitively explored mental health and neurodiversity in the South Asian community, when Gurdas Taak, Anum Bandey, Pramila Mayuren and Subashini M joined a panel to share their personal insights
Aatman Vora helped colleagues - everywhere from Bristol to Bangalore - to get flexible with Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur Yoga, from the comfort of their desks, with a book giveaway to continue their spiritual yoga journey
And, yes, we did mention bhajis! Sophia Qayum brought a taste of South Asian food to our offices today, the perfect end to South Asian Heritage Month judging by all the smiling faces at lunch time!
Beatrice Edera Panariello, from Aviva Investors, took part in the dance class and reflected on this month:
“๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต-๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ!”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
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