Diwali: A Light Sparkles in Dark TimesToday, Labor Day, when dark events are taking place in our country, shutting down the light of liberty and democracy, we got an unexpected invitation – to a Diwali party, coming up in a couple months. And we know Diwali; we were living in Al Fardan 1, in Doha, Qatar, when an Indian neighbor invited all the residents of Al Fardan to come over for Diwali. We didn’t know what Diwali was, and our internet was dial-up and irregular, but we asked around and were told, with big smiles, to go and find out. The night of Diwali came, and we walked to our neighbor’s house, along with many of our Al Fardan neighbors. Our neighbors’ beliefs were different from ours, and yet, I believe all such generosity, freely given, springs from the same spirit.