Calcutta Exudes The Diwali Spirit
It's been three years since I was here for Diwali, the festival of lights. Funny how things change when you're away. For the past 24 hours, people have been busy decorating shopfronts, apartment buildings and homes with strings of coloured lights. It seems the age of the graceful ``diyas'', or simple earthen lamps - about the size of a child's palm - has long gone. Today's newspapers lament the passing of the era, while pointing out that the rising price of wax has also contributed to the change. This evening, more apartment buildings than I can ever remember are decked out in elaborate necklaces of twinkling lights in every hue. The atmosphere - quite literally - is electric.
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