Jugaad: A Diwali Celebration
As kids, we celebrated Diwali in our families' living rooms, the living rooms of friends, and the living rooms of friends of friends of friends.
Every year, we open the doors of our homes to gather around chai, snacks, carrom, rangoli, music, and, most importantly, family. We grew up with aunts and uncles and cousins you'd never be able to connect us to over just dna, but still, we'd chosen each other half a world away from home.
In that same spirit, we want to invite you to our Arts District living room as we continue to find and grow our family here in Los Angeles. Diwali is a season of new beginnings, and we're so excited to step into this chapter with you:)
desi traditional attire encouraged, open to all!!
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✨ what is "jugaad"?
जुगाड़: a clever or unconventional approach to problem-solving with limited resources
Our diwali celebration is an ode to the creative scrappiness of the desi diaspora - the hoops you have to jump to to get onto the creative path, yet how it’s in our DNA and our core to embrace life as artisans.
🪔 a (very) brief story of diwali
In one of the main stories in Hindu mythology, Diwali is the day Lord Rama, his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana return to their homeland after 14 years in exile. The villagers lit a path for Rama, who had defeated the demon King Ravana.
Another telling explains that Diwali marks the day Lord Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura and freed the people of his kingdom. After he slayed the demon, Lord Krishna declared it a day of festivities.
Many also celebrate the Hindu goddess Lakshmi during this season. as the goddess of prosperity and wealth, the more romantic telling of the story recounts how she chose Lord Vishnu to be her husband on the night of Diwali.
In every telling, it’s always a story of new beginnings and an embrace of light over darkness.