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Nobody told India to take it easy for my first Diwali.
Fireworks started at 6 in the morning.
It’s now 1 at night and they’re still going.
I joined in with some anar and chakri too.
Soo apparently watching wasn’t enough, had to get involved myself.
It’s my fifth time in India but my first time being here for Diwali.
Really happy I finally get to experience it.
There’s only so much you understand about a celebration from watching videos.
Being here while it’s happening is something else.
And from what I’m told, there’s another day or two of celebrations still to come.
Tonight I’m just happy to be here.
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating.
To anyone nearby trying to sleep, I’m guessing you’re having a difficult evening.
My crackers are the biggest by far.
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Warmest wishes to the friendly people of India on the occasion of Diwali, the Festival of Lights! 🪔✨
May this beautiful celebration bring happiness, peace, and prosperity to you and your families. May the bonds of friendship, love, and tolerance between our nations continue to grow stronger. 🇦🇪🇮🇳
#HappyDiwali #Diwali2026 #UAEIndia #FestivalOfLights
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🪔 Diwali Lights Up Lal Chowk, Srinagar.
Lal Chowk shines with the colours of Diwali, reflecting Kashmir’s shared heritage, communal harmony and togetherness.
Different faiths, one shared home. ❤️🇮🇳
#Diwali2026 #LalChowk #Srinagar #Kashmir
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If you have Indian friends who celebrate Diwali, you HAVE to experience it at least once!
It’s so beautiful and colourful, full of lights, dancing, amazing food and so much joy! 🥹❤️
I went to my friend’s Diwali celebration and absolutely loved every minute of it!
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Made to work for 20 hours, starved, burnt with a hot rod, 16-year-old girl working as a house help rescued from Shaheen Bagh; employer Sadaf arrested
opindia.com/news-updates/mad…
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รามายณะคือโคตรมัน ไปดูเหอะ ราวัณ (ทศกัณฐ์) เท่ไม่ไหว หลายอย่างเมกเซนส์กว่ารามเกียรติ์เยอะเลย และได้เห็นความเป็นเหตุเป็นผลของธรรมะแบบฮินดู ในสายตาคนพุทธอย่างเรา
(ภาพประกอบ ในโรงตอนพักครึ่ง 15 นาที)
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Hating on Indian Americans is extremely low IQ.
They are:
1. Twice as educated as average Americans
2. Household income 2x the average (so they’re producing more and paying more taxes)
3. Married at higher rates than average
4. Half the national poverty rate
5. Commit crimes and use welfare at lower-than-average rates
Oh, and their food SLAPS.
You can have a legitimate perspective opposing H-1 B visas or legal immigration. But if you just hate on Indian Americans in general... that's dumb and weird. They're actually just a disproportionately awesome segment of society.
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インド人の友人とリトルインディアの有名寺院でディワリをお祝いしました🪔ディーヤの灯りを捧げて祈る姿に、日本の神道や仏教に通じる精神的な繋がりを感じて胸が温かくなりました。国や文化を超えて手が合わさる瞬間はとても神聖で美しいですね✨
#ディワリ #LittleIndia #Diwali
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150 Chinese influencers in Bangladesh, showing Dhaka slum as Delhi: Here's what happened
opindia.com/news-updates/150…
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What a great movie week.
First my ass is blown away by a giant lizard who can spit blue nuclear-laser bombs. Then, tonight, a piece of Hindu mythology makes 3 hours fly by like the Diwali fireworks shooting past my window.
1. Like LOTR, Ramayana embodies the word Epic. It's a glorious culmination of all those movies where you get breath-taking aerial shots (of, say, millions of soldiers about to kick ass) and you feel like watching some huge amazing thing happen at a super-scale.
It's just grand as balls.
2. I'm betting Director Nitesh Tiwari would be frickin' insulted if any airline ever included this into its in-flight entertainment.
No, this movie is 100% NOT for watching inside a flying plastic tube whilst chewing on chicken pasta or a cheap fruit-salad cup. This movie, not unlike Godzilla, demands that audiences sit down in front of the biggest theater their city has to offer, turn off their goddamn phones, STFU, and bask in all its glory.
3. And glory is what it serves up.
The action is unreal and grabs you from the get-go. In fact about 80% of the first 30 minutes is swords clashing and bodies flying. Whilst I suspect I've seen better CGI, no one will be complaining too much.
I also swear I've not seen a flying battle elephant until this movie (Jumbo obviously doesn't count).
4. Even the non-action scenes are shot like it's meant to be nominated for Best Visuals.
A straight-forward Hello or Farewell sequence can be stretched 10-minutes replete with orchestral accompaniment (and this is probably my only quibble i.e. some portions took unnecessarily long and felt like Tiwari taking the self-indulgent piss).
5. The actors. As far as I'm concerned, a young Sly Stallone was Ram, Gerald Butler was Ravana, Eric Bana was Lakshman and I don't know who the actresses are but they were smokin' 🔥.
6. It helped that I'm glib about Hindu mythology so I really have no idea what's about to happen.
7. Did I prefer this movie or Ne Zha 2?
If you put a Glock to my head I"ll say NZ (its visual audacity remain unmatched) but I can't deny I'm salivating for Ramayana Part 2.
8. Ram and his bow brought back Odyssey vibes.
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To all families coming together to celebrate the Festival of Lights, may light triumph over darkness and may we continue to find hope and strength in one another.
Happy Diwali, California! 🪔
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No one, absolutely no one in America is ever - ever - ever going to celebrate this idiot idea of removing non-white people from the country to preserve America or whatever nonsense these people tell themselves.
No one is ever going to tolerate targeting Hindus. No one is ever going to agree to mass deportations of people simply because they practice a different religion. No one is ever going to agree with you on 'Heritage American,' white supremacy.
None of it is going to happen.
All that will happen is a profound loss of political influence, being pushed out of society and remembered solely for contributing to an archaic, ignorant, bigoted worldview that has long been eradicated.
There is no future in any of this, just obnoxiously stubborn certainty that likes on X equate with real-life influence.
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For the first time since Independence, Diwali was celebrated in Puvarti, the village of Naxalite Hidma.
Children who once lived in fear of Maoist terror are now lighting sparklers and celebrating the festival of lights.
These pictures capture the changing face of Sukma.
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“Ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered, and I shouldn’t say this publicly but…. I feel better.”
~ @DaveChappelle
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Many Islamists are ignorant and arrogant.
The idea of fasting Ramadan is not for non-Muslims to pamper Muslims, but for Muslims to learn self-control despite temptation.
Understand your faith before arrogantly asking for respect. 👇👇
Dear non-Muslims,
As Ramadan is just 92 days away,
Please avoid eating in front of Muslims who are fasting.
Please avoid drinking in their presence.
Do not deliberately tempt those observing the fast.
Muslims will be fasting from dawn until sunset.
A little consideration and respect go a long way. ❤️🌙
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Every day in Albany, my mom called me with one question: “Are you going to pass your bill to make Diwali a school holiday?”
It was more than my mother’s question. It was the call of an entire community.
They said it was impossible. I got it done in one session.
We lit a diya lamp in the hearts and minds of all New Yorkers. We made history! #HappyDiwali
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#Ramayana’s occupancy in Kerala is heading towards 95% today! 🤯🔥
Highest Bollywood Grosser in Kerala ⏳