Diwali 2024: Public holiday in India In 2024, Diwali, also known as Deepavali, will be celebrated as a public holiday across India. This festival is one of the most important in the country and ...

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India - and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and ...

Neeta Bhasin, who spearheaded the iconic Diwali at Times Square event, moved to New York from Haridwar with her parents in 1977. While she started her career with a data entry job with $85 weekly ...