Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, marks the Hindu new year, and is celebrated with great ceremony among Houston's large South Asian community, with the lighting of candles and sparklers, ...

A box of sweets used to be the most obvious Diwali gift, but Jaipurites say rather than consuming the ‘unhealthy’mithai, they would pick a basket of goodies and wine instead, as the gift option. Gone ...