Peek into a Mumbai-Meets-Oakland Diwali celebration.
that got the entire household in the mood for what was to come: days of feasting and gathering.
In her current home in the hills of Oakland, California, Diwali isn’t announced by anything as dramatic, but it’s no less festive. As Sana mentions, she hasn’t been home for Diwali in nine years, so it was important to her to find a way to celebrate its spirit of sharing and togetherness with her partner Rosie and their community . It was just as important to the couple to find occasions that bind their ethnically diverse worlds together; Sana herself raised in a family of mixed faiths.
The Diaspora Co. poster above the fireplace was commissioned by Sana and painted by Mr. Kafeel, a legendary traditional sign painter from the bylanes of Old Delhi.It’s also an occasion to trot out your nicest dishes. The newest entrant on her Diwali tablescape this year is her mother Shimul’s hand-forged bronze dinnerware that Sana may or may not have stolen from right under her nose.
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