A staple in Indian households, especially during festivals. In North Indian homes it is popular known as “gajar ka halwa”. it is made more often in winters. Now it has become a year-round ...

Bengaluru experienced a significant dip in air quality this Deepavali due to widespread firecracker use, despite regulations promoting green crackers. PM2.5 levels soared past the 'poor' threshold ...

The other day in our parenting group, one mother brought up the fact that her two-year-old was going to learn about Diwali that day at preschool—but she knew nothing about the holiday herself!

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and ...

BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) — Diwali's transcendent message of good over evil comes at the perfect time, say Unitarian Universalist congregants, who celebrated the festival of lights in the DC area just ...

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and ...

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and ...

Billions of people around the world this week will be celebrating Diwali, also known as the festival of lights. The annual holiday is celebrated every year, usually in late October or early November.

Light up those lamps and bring out the sparkle, it's time for Diwali. On Thursday, millions of Hindus and South Asians across the world will celebrate the Festival of Lights with parties ...

The writer Raj Tawney shares how celebrating Diwali eventually taught him to feel more rooted in his Indian culture — and in himself. By Raj Tawney This article is also a weekly newsletter.

On Thursday 31 October, more than a billion people all over the world will celebrate Diwali, the most important festival of the year in India as well as for the many south Asians who live abroad.