It is said that the Diya at Diwali is supposed to signify
light dispelling darkness [ ignorance ].
With a wife named Deepa, the least I could do was make an effort in that direction.
So, this Diwali we were determined to reduce our Carbon Footprint and decided on a few small improvements in our celebrations.

1) We invested in a set of LED lights [ LED superior to tungsten ]

2) We developed hand-made paper lanterns courtesy the R&D team at GreenMan Labs [ see later image of Chief R&D officer in the lab ]

3) We burst fewer crackers thru joint community celebrations. We tried to get as many people from the colony into a common area, so everyone could enjoy the fireworks jointly without them burning individually.

I know I know…. Pollution, and all that… but we’re getting there. It would be weird doing a Diwali with zero crackers, so we did it, but with fewer than we did last year. We also split it into two lots so the kids would get more mileage over 2 days.

4) We used non synthetic material [ simple coloured chalk ] to create Rangoli [ local term : "muggu" ] designs instead of synthetic coloured powders. See picture of the kids with their Rangoli designs.


But yes, the quantum of Mithai was constant like each year, some things don't change.....
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-------------------- Below : LED Lights & Handmade lanterns



-------------------- Below : Chief R&D Officer at GreenMan Labs.




---------------------------- Below : Non Synthetic Rangoli Colours.

















-------------------- Below : Fewer crackers through joint community celebrations