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Indian

Diwali Sweet Collection

Are you all ready for Diwali?  Its only a week away and I am sure you all are doing the last minute cleaning, and other preparations.  I am trying to be as ready as possible.  I guess we are never ready for anything,  there are always things that cannot be done before hand.  But as […]

Festivals, Indian

What is Karvachauth?

What is Karvachauth?  This year Karwachauth is going to be observed on Oct 30th.  It is a festival which is celebrated mostly by North Indian women where the festival begins just before sunrise and until after the moonrise.  “Karva” means earthen pot and “Chauth” means fourth referencing that the festival falls on fourth day of […]

Indian

Sooji Ladoo

Diwali preparations are still going on in every household, from cleaning to making sweets, preparing lovely snacks…This year Diwali falls on Oct 23rd which is a weekday, so the festivities are not going to be elaborate specially in the US.  There will be an evening Puja along with some yummy food and sweets.