http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/19/obama-is-the-first-president-to-extend-holiday-wishes-for-diwali/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/19/obama-is-the-first-president-to-extend-holiday-wishes-for-diwali/comment-page-1/#comment-128738 jeffat8asians Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:59:50 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3931#comment-128738 It's fascinating to me to see how the celebration of Diwali is growing in visibility and becoming part of the local fabric of life, at least here in Bay Area and Silicon Valley in particular. While I was running recently, I noticed a number of people in my neighborhood who put out Christmas lights - not for Christmas, but for Diwali! I have noticed this happening for the last couple of years. It's fascinating to me to see how the celebration of Diwali is growing in visibility and becoming part of the local fabric of life, at least here in Bay Area and Silicon Valley in particular. While I was running recently, I noticed a number of people in my neighborhood who put out Christmas lights – not for Christmas, but for Diwali! I have noticed this happening for the last couple of years.

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/19/obama-is-the-first-president-to-extend-holiday-wishes-for-diwali/comment-page-1/#comment-127079 jeffat8asians Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:59:50 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3931#comment-127079 It's fascinating to me to see how the celebration of Diwali is growing in visibility and becoming part of the local fabric of life, at least here in Bay Area and Silicon Valley in particular. While I was running recently, I noticed a number of people in my neighborhood who put out Christmas lights - not for Christmas, but for Diwali! I have noticed this happening for the last couple of years. It's fascinating to me to see how the celebration of Diwali is growing in visibility and becoming part of the local fabric of life, at least here in Bay Area and Silicon Valley in particular. While I was running recently, I noticed a number of people in my neighborhood who put out Christmas lights – not for Christmas, but for Diwali! I have noticed this happening for the last couple of years.

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