Finding Diwali In The Little Things

Finding Diwali In The Little Things

My hands were tangled in strings of coloured Diwali lights. I sat on the sofa, patiently unwrapping the frenzied loops my mom had just passed me until they finally straightened into an ordered line of light. Somewhere between the tangled wires and the quiet hum of the evening, I realized how often joy hides in the simplest things. Just like Diwali evenings, sunsets too are equally warming. The sky morphs into a vast canvas with splashes of blue,…