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Comment EDITOR SPA (UK) turns 40 IN 2015 Din e s h Mis t r y E d i tor 07903 835028 [email protected] - “SUBMIT YOUR ITEMS FOR THE SOUVENIR ISSUE!” Jai Shree Krishna On behalf of SPA (UK) and the Sandesh team, my best wishes to you for a colourful Diwali and a joyous New Year. We have an insightful introduction to giving evidence to the House of Lord’s Select Com mittee, and we have an introduction on the challenges and joy of adoption. The theme article introduces you to the ‘Doshas’. Known in Ayurved science by the name of Vata, Pitta and Kapha, they govern our physical and mental processes. All this and more, we hope that you will find this Sandesh filled with ‘information and inspiration’. 40th Anniversary Souvenir Issue - 2015 2015 is the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of SPA (UK). In recognition of this significant milestone, a souvenir issue of Prajapati Sandesh will be produced. We will be looking to further stretch the designs and the printing techniques. We hope to cover the costs with your participation by submitting Last year we made a financial loss on Sandesh after thought-provoking, inspiring articles, as well as your a very long time. This year I am pleased to say that anniversaries, weddings, graduations, shradhdhanjalis there was a flurry of interest for the last two months, and advertisements. We would particularly like to which has ensured self-finance, and has introduce new sections for new born and resulted in wide ranging, inspiring and ‘ We would special birthday announcements. With your thought provoking items. particularly like participation, we look forward to producing to introduce a very attractive souvenir issue of Sandesh We have an inspirational account of new births and next year. charity work performed by our community in remote areas in Africa, South Americas special birthday announcements’ Jai Shree Krishna 5 I offer my sincere gratitude to the Graphics Design team members; Jaimini, Preeya, Rikesh and Arun all of whom have helped to fully transform the touch, feel and the look of Sandesh over the past three years with modern design concepts. I also offer my congratulations to Preeya who got married this year and has designed her own wedding page in Sandesh! In addition, I am indebted to Nimisha for proof reading all the material from the time they are received to the time they are designed. She has a tremendous eye for detail and has helped to ensure consistency throughout the publication. Without the commitment and the creativity of this team, it would not be possible to manage this publication project. and the Himalayas, as well as the experiences of a family run charity foundation in the UK.