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A glimpse into Los Angeles’ Independence Day future? Consider the air pollution caused by holiday pyrotechnics in India.
July 5, 2023
World & Nation
Despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and air pollution, Indians celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
Nov. 4, 2021
Politics
The festival of lights takes on new meaning this year for Indian Americans in California who supported the Democratic presidential ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Nov. 14, 2020
Food
Just when you thought Halloween was the time to roll out the sweets, think again.
Oct. 18, 2017
Travel & Experiences
For five days each autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in the southern hemisphere) pockets of the world shine brilliantly for Diwali.
Oct. 19, 2017
Hindus across India and around the world will be celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights, on Sunday.
Oct. 25, 2016
Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, is a five-day new year celebration that involves plenty of sweets, also known as mithai.
Nov. 10, 2015
Oct. 31, 2016
New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog a day after millions of Indians lighted firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, causing the air pollution to hit a “severe” level.
The day after Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights that Indians typically celebrate by setting off smoky fireworks, residents of New Delhi awoke Monday to a thick gray smog and some of the poorest air quality readings in memory.