Diwali, India’s Festival of Lights, transforms the country into a dazzling display of brightness. Celebrated over five days, ...

The smoke of firecrackers. The excitement of lighting a rocket and dashing off before it explodes high in the sky. My memories of Diwali as a child in India are beautiful. My two brothers and I ...

Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million earthen oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the river ...