The lights are glittering, the diyas have been lit, the smiles have found their way back on the faces. Its that time of the year again. The festivities have begun, and if the crowds are anything to go by, it will take more than just a meltdown and a few blasts to spoil India's party. The buzzing market is a scene I've grown up watching and yet it fascinates me every time I witness it. Young children clinging to their mothers, afraid they might be carried away by all the rush, fathers losening up their wallets, counting money, bargainig animatedly with every fraction of wit they possess. The excitement is in the air, you can almost smell it, and with every breath, it gives you a reason to smile, and be proud of the wonderful society you are a part of. A society that believes in being happy with what it has, a society that believes in forgiveness and a society with the indomitable will and the spirit to cross all barriers and beat all odds and just, smile. 
This is India, and this is Diwali. At this time of the year, there is no better place to be.