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Sky’s the limit: Although fireworks have long been a tradition during the festival of Diwali, they are increasingly being replaced with greener options, such as digital light shows and drone displays. Photo: Suvan Chowdhury Pexels

CULTURAL HARMONY

Lighting the world: Diwali’s enduring message in a time of darkness

From Durban to Delhi, millions light diyas in defiance of darkness — reminding a fractured world that goodness still glows

Marlan Padayachee

Disputed: The Ram Mandir was consecrated in January. The Hindu temple is built on a site believed to be the birthplace of Lord Rama. In 1992, Hindu nationalists demolished the Babri Mosque on the same site, the site of another temple in the 16th century. Photo: Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images

God edition: Hindu nationalism clangs temple bells

We should question the politics using the Hindu religion and we must reject it if it is wrong

Aarti Bhana

The Truro docked in South Africa 160 years ago. (Photo: Claude Pavard)

Indians in South Africa, a historical excerpt

In the book, The Indian Africans, academic Kiru Naidoo explores the society of colonial Natal in the late 1800s to early 1900

Kiru Naidoo