Election Casts a Glow on Indian Celebration of Good Over Evil

Volunteers tend a work of sand art known as rangoli ahead of Diwali celebrations at the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, a large Hindu Temple in Chino Hills, California on Saturday, November 14, 2020. Diwali, the Indian festival of light celebrates the defeat of ignorance through knowledge by a billion people worldwide. Vice president-elect Kamala Harris, set to be the first South Asian American VP tweeted out wishes for a Happy Diwali. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI