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Dancers perform during the 2023 BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival. Photo: RNZ / YITING LIN
Today is a big day for many from the Indian subcontinent as it marks the beginning of this year's five-day Diwali festivities.
The Hindu celebration is a festival of lights with roots in an ancient literary parable which sheds light on the human condition.
Wellington novelist Rajorshi Chakraborti joins Nights.