🪔✨ Let’s Say Deepavali, Not Diwali

Deepavali isn’t just a festival. It’s a luminous ritual—rows of lamps, layers of Lakshmi, and the rhythm of renewal.

But somewhere along the way, an elite abbreviation emerged: Diwali. A lexical downgrade. A cultural bankruptcy. Who innovated this shortcut? And why does it feel like a spiritual audit gone rogue?

While #Deepavali celebrates #LakshmiPooja, its unwelcome abbreviation plays the antagonist—stripping nuance, dimming devotion.