Selamat Hari Deepawali/ Deepawali Nal Valthukkhal
As a child of the Indian Ocean Diaspora, it fascinates me to read/observe festivities as a cultural register of resilience and resistance, as many Malaysian Indians whether Tamizh or Sikh are fourth generation, have never been to Madurai or Amritsar for Pilgrimage and yet are rooted in an Indian-ness which is seen on Deepawali, which is my third in a row here.
The Mukukku or Mysore Pak on Deepawali takes on a salience in spaces which are a negotiation of a diaspora identity in a post colonial sense.
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