Celebrating Diwali and Halloween on the Same Day: When Rangoli Meets Jack-o’-Lanterns
It's October 31st, and while your neighbour is putting the final touches on a cobweb-covered front porch with a life-sized skeleton and inflatable pumpkin, you’re frantically hanging marigold garlands and lighting diyas around your home’s entrance. Yes, friends, it’s one of those rare years when Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and Halloween, the festival of frights, fall on...