Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths in ...

The writer Raj Tawney shares how celebrating Diwali eventually taught him to feel more rooted in his Indian culture — and in ...

Firecrackers are central to Diwali celebrations for millions of Indian Hindus and this year was no different even as some ...

With Pennsylvania making it a state holiday and NYC schools giving students the day off, the Indian festival is gaining U.S.

Light up those lamps and bring out the sparkle, it's time for Diwali. On Thursday, millions of Hindus and South Asians across ...

Henrico County Public Schools was the first division in the area to add Diwali to its holiday list alongside Easter, ...

New Delhi topped global pollution charts on Friday, partly due to revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali ...

Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps ...

Diwali's transcendent message of good over evil comes at the perfect time, say Unitarian Universalist congregants, who ...