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Diwali - the festival of lights and crakcers, festival of sweets, festival of joy.
Wish you a sparkling, thundering, sweet, happy and joyous Diwali and a prosperous year ahead. Cheers!

Here are some pictures from different places in India - all for Diwali over the years.

Times of India had this timeless diwali cracker shop photo - probably from Sarojini Nagar or Lajpat Nagar markets in New Delhi. These places, like most others across India today, are packed with goodies!

Once you have bought the crackers, its time to head home (your or friends’) for the real goodies!

Tasty Gulab Jamun - at the end of this bowl - you just getting started with the sweets for the evening!

But to go any further with sweets, you will need some of these spicy things:

Now, you are ready for some of the real Diwali sweets. In north India, Kaju Katli (a form of Kaju barfi) is very popular. Its also among the most popular sweet gifts in companies.

The evening starts of with sober stuff like this:

And moves on to lesser light and more sound with these Laksmi bombs, Anaars (wonder what the exact english translation is - guess its “light fountains”) and Rockets (have become very expensive in the last 10 years):

Once again, we wish you a happy Diwali and a prosperous year ahead. Cheers!