Everyone knows Diwali is the festival of lights. But the real story happens on Naraka Chaturdashi (the day before Diwali). At 4:00 AM, across the country, women crush a bitter berry called karela under their feet. The legend says that a demon’s blood turned into these berries; crushing them before the oil bath is an act of killing laziness and evil. It is a visceral, tactile story of good triumphing over evil that you can feel on your soles.
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Perhaps the most fascinating Indian lifestyle story of the 21st century is the split-screen reality. Everyone knows Diwali is the festival of lights
In the West, festivals are breaks from life. In India, festivals are life. Every week, somewhere in the country, a village is painting its cows, a city is drowning a Ganesha idol, or a family is flying a kite to scare away the monsoon clouds. The legend says that a demon’s blood turned