Diwalimania

Here's the story of Diwali celebrated at Sahara less than a month ago. Diwali's kind of like the Hindu Christmas. It's also called the Festival of Light.

Flowers are a big part of decorating your home for Diwali. Here's the journey of our flowers:

First the phool wallahs (flower men) sell the flowers in the market and put them in burlap sacks.

Then the sacks lay by the side of the road for a while at Khari Baoli.

Then we sat on the floor and ripped the flowers up into little bits.

Here is the result of our efforts.

The boys made floor decorations out of the flowers.

I think it looks really excellent.















They made a message outside for our guests coming to the party in the evening.

Now it's time for the party to begin. Diwali is celebrated in different ways; with family, with sweets, with presents. But one way it is definitely celebrated is with fireworks. We had a party on the terrace and invited everyone. We all danced to Bollywood hits and the Venga Boys till the wee hours.

That's it till next Diwali kiddies.