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Every year, someone in the family lights the diya, sets up the kalash, and moves through nine nights of ritual. Somewhere along the way, most of us stopped asking why. You inherited the ritual. Now you’re the one trying to explain the meaning, to a kid who was born somewhere your parents never lived,…

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Imagine walking into a room where the air carries the scent of jasmine and marigold, where the walls are draped in jewel-toned fabrics, where the sound of music mingles with the jingle of bangles and anklets. Somewhere, a woman in a crimson silk saree catches the light, and it seems to glow from the…