Diwali
Brisbane’s ‘biggest year yet’ for the Hindu festival of lights
This year, Brisbane is getting behind Diwali – the biggest event on the Hindu calendar – more than ever before.
- Neesha Sinnya
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‘We invite all the happiness’: Melbourne’s Indian community celebrates Diwali
Melbourne’s Indian community celebrated the beginning of the Diwali, the festival of lights, on Saturday, but paused to remember five locals killed in the crash in Daylesford.
- Najma Sambul
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When good beats evil: Why a million Australians celebrate Diwali
In this Explainer from our archives, we look at where Diwali came from and what it means today.
- Jewel Topsfield and Rachael Dexter
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Bollywood bangers, bright lights: Where to celebrate Diwali this weekend
Docklands will be transformed into a mini Delhi on Saturday with flowers, dance and colour as thousands of revellers celebrate the festival of lights.
- Rachael Dexter
Sunak is Britain’s first Asian prime minister, but this diversity success was no accident
Images captured inside No. 10 this Diwali told a story Britons have never heard before: the prime minister, hands together in prayer, a garland of roses around his neck.
- Latika Bourke
It’s beautiful, bright and inspiring, but Diwali likely to bring ‘severe’ air pollution to Delhi
During last year’s festival of lights, pollution emissions from the firecrackers alone contributed to the Indian capital recording its worst air quality in years.
- Amy Cheng
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