Embrace the light
Tamaso ma jyothir gamaya – lead us from darkness to light (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, section I.iii.28) – is an important concept in Hinduism, and is the essence of Diwali.
Dispelling darkness and illuminating truth, honesty, integrity, justice, morality, righteousness with divine radiance – the ultimate triumph of good over evil – are messages which permeate all faiths.
As Garima Chaudhry (www.firstpost.com) reminds us, everyone around the diya (lamp) is illuminated, not only the person who lights it: “The light from each individual diya does not jostle for space, the light from all
