Happy Diwali!
The Hindu festival of lights is a joyful occasion that sees people attend feasts, set off fireworks, exchange gifts, and decorate their homes with beautiful lamps, bells and flowers. The festival symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance." Many regard Diwali as a new beginning, or the start of a new year. It is celebrated by millions of people across the globe.
Just today, the northern Indian city of Ayodhya has made it into the Guinness World Records when more than 300,000 diya oil lamps were simultaneously lit, and giant puppets portraying the battle between Hanuman the monkey god and the demon king Ravana were displayed in Leicester, UK.
Let the party begin - in the company of the gorgeous Shahid Kapoor and a few (ahem) thousand chums...
I'm exhausted now.
The office where I work is usually decked out with flowers and the like for Diwali, and for the past few years there's a dance performance in the atrium. However, I missed it the other day as I didn't realise it was on until it was too late! (I got my dates mixed up and thought Diwali was on Thursday)
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