Diwali, diyas & the digital life: The festival of lights is no more like your childhood days

Remember the time when you could get a sack full of patakhas for just 100 bucks, or dozens of diyas for just a couple of rupees? Diwali, in the 90s, was very different, unfiltered and simpler. No rich fancy gifts, but exchanging smiles during meets and greets was the core ritual back then. Houses were decorated with real marigold flowers and garlands. Houses were lit up with diyas and candles, unlike today’s LED lights and blinging artificial decoration.

However, technology and innovation have revamped the way we celebrate Diwali in the modern days.