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Obamas wanted to celebrate Diwali in India
Press Trust of India ^
| November 3, 2010
| Press Trust of India
Posted on 11/03/2010 6:11:14 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: jjotto
I would guess that it is like Patriot's Day in the Northeast. It is big deal and people take off from work...even if the Patriots didn't make the playoffs.
To: libstripper
The imam should *specifically* spend the rest of his life in a straitjacket.
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posted on
11/03/2010 6:49:26 AM PDT
by
Hardraade
(I want gigaton warheads now!!)
To: upstanding
As it has been explained to me by Indians here in the US, Diwali isn't really a big thing back in India. For the Indian diaspora in the US, it is apparently a little more significant. And it seems to be a trendy thing amongst lilly white yuppies in the US to celebrate it to demonstrate how worldly they think they are. What? Have we missed a foreign holiday we can turn into a frat boy drinking fest? What do the Indians drink so we can have the bars serve a cheap version of it up by the buckets. It's probably too late for this year, but I'm sure Coors can sponsor Diwali 2011.
The U.S. can turn anyone's holiday (or even holy day) into a huge drunken party... well except for Oktoberfest which started out that way in Germany.
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posted on
11/03/2010 6:49:57 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Dems' response to 11/2: Do not go gentle into that new day,Rage,rage against the coming of the dawn!)
To: KarlInOhio
Kingfisher, Kings, and Royal Challenge! The first being the most easy to find in the US.
To: upstanding
Can you or someone explain what is diwali? Is it hindu, moslem, or buddhist? or something else?
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posted on
11/03/2010 7:15:15 AM PDT
by
TEXOKIE
(Anarchy IS the strategy of the forces of darkness!)
To: libstripper
How many Americans had to work their whole lives to pay for this obscene trip?
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posted on
11/03/2010 7:19:12 AM PDT
by
mom.mom
To: libstripper
Anything but Christmas in a church, eh Barry?
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
11/03/2010 7:58:20 AM PDT
by
The Comedian
(I really missed you. Next time, I'll adjust for windage.)
To: KarlInOhio
What? Have we missed a foreign holiday we can turn into a frat boy drinking fest? What do the Indians drink so we can have the bars serve a cheap version of it up by the buckets. It's probably too late for this year, but I'm sure Coors can sponsor Diwali 2011. Bombay Gin should look at sponsoring it just as the cerveza companies did Cinco de Mayo.
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posted on
11/03/2010 8:16:00 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: upstanding
As it has been explained to me by Indians here in the US, Diwali isn't really a big thing back in India. For the Indian diaspora in the US, it is apparently a little more significant. And it seems to be a trendy thing amongst lilly white yuppies in the US to celebrate it to demonstrate how worldly they think they are. As one colleague put it, "I don't know why Americans always ask me about DiwaliYour colleague may not be Hindu or may even be a Paki trying to pass off as an Indian.
Diwali is by far the biggest pan-Indian festival.
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