Too bad that I am missing this year's Diwali by a small, small margin. On Saturday I'll be in India, but that's two days too late. Diwali, the Festival of Light, is one of the most important Festivals in Hinduism "where the lights or lamps signify the uplighting of darkness and victory of good over the evil within."
At least thanks to E-Mail one is not entirely cut off from the scene although I would have much more preferred to celebrate the festival together with my Indian friends. For some small comfort this is the type of greeting cards that you get from your Indian business partners.
And that's a very nice one with Ganesha , the elephant god
Check out the top left and right corners and consider the cultural difference: For putting the symbol up in Germany as the "Hakenkreuz" you go to jail, putting it up in India with the "swastika" you go to heaven. At least, some kind of … :-)
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Nice cards are here