Nov 24...

I had taken my grandniece to a mall to get her some materials she required to maintain her scrapbook. As she got into the mall foyer, she saw huge decorative pieces put up there to welcome the Christmas season and the New Year. She said, "So beautiful." Then she paused for a while and said, " Thatha (Grandfather), why Deepavali not so beautiful?"

I could not respond. Frankly, I had no immediate answer to the innocent query.