Posted on 10/20/2025 8:02:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
California is adding a new holiday to its calendar. On Monday, Oct. 6, Gov.
Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 268 into law, making California the third state to designate Diwali — the Hindu festival of lights — as an official statewide holiday.
“Diwali, a festival of great significance to Indian Americans and South Asian Americans, is celebrated annually by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains throughout the United States and across the globe,” the bill says.
Also known as Deepavali, Diwali is “one of the most sacred festivals in Hindu Dharma traditions” celebrated by “more than a billion people around the globe,” according to the Hindu American Foundation.
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I’m off today because of it....
FTA, California celebrates Cesar Chavez day, replaced Columbus Day with indigenous people’s day, and also avoids Hanukkah or other Jewish holidays… but what really surprises me is that California hasn’t set aside a holiday for Stalin, Marx, or Chairman Mao.
Amazing, just amazing how they seem to get dumber out there every year.
Let’s ask a guru, a guru on an elephant, a very wise guru on a very old elephant. Who gets day off, guru?
Everyone. Except for elephant.
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