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Diwali or Deepavali is a festival of lights, celebrated to signify the victory of good over evil.  There are many stories why the festival is celebrated.   But as a child, all that mattered to us was decorating the house with candles and burning crackers or the fireworks.  After coming to America, I don’t really do anything special for Deepavali and burning crackers in front of the house is not an option anymore… :(   The least I do is light a candle in the evening, which I did this year too.

Couple of weeks ago, there was a Diwali Mela at South Street Seaport.  At the mela there were many stalls; food, apparel, fashion accessories, music and Diwali puja items.  At the end of the day, there were fireworks.  However, we did not stay for the fireworks.

There were many stall at the mela but I was not particularly keen on purchasing anything.  We, my aunts and I, walked around the stall and ate some Indian chat, Indian street food.  As we were walking by the stalls, a decorative round glass mirror caught my eye.  It was small but a decent size to put on my dressing table to display some of my miniature perfume bottles.  I paid the vendor for the mirror and along with the mirror, he gave me a bowl too.  I was a little puzzled and then he explained that the mirror came with a bowl and the bowl is for floating candle and it was a diya display set for diwali.  So, for this deepavali, that mirror and a bowl is my deepam.

Wish you all a very Happy Deepavali!

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