Covid-19: UK Indians rally to help during Covid crisis

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Scenes of people in India begging for oxygen during the nation’s record Covid surge have shocked and moved the world. And no-one has been more moved than the global Indian diaspora. So how are those in the UK responding to the crisis?

In a Hindu temple in Wembley, north-west London, the small congregation is chanting a special prayer for people thousands of miles away.

The Hanuman Chalisa is a devotional hymn believed to have immense power for helping those