Diwali
p. 70 · Read in the full issue
(The Hindu Festival of Lights)
By Sam Simpson
The island air has an eastern accent tonight, Alive with crackers, candles and colours, All over Fiji, the Hindu community Is celebrating Diwali.
Adding a rich tone of variety and culture, Time to review past, renew present, And rekindle hope for the future, Lest we falter and stumble in life's test.
Lights, lights, lights, everywhere Up hedge, garden path and tree, To woo Lakshmi into the veranda Now in or now never to be.
Hark, hark, a spark in the dark, To explode and unfold In countless images untold.
Old tradition of the east to evoke.
Let us join the spirit of the festivity, No matter who we are, but see Eye to eye with other communities And, hopefully, usher in prosperity!