DĪVĀLĪ, also known as Dīpāvalī, is an important renewal festival celebrated all over India in October–November at the time of the autumn equinox. Dīvālī marks the end of the rainy...

Although the religious practices of India are numerous and diverse, the festival of Diwali (array of light) is celebrated in most parts of India, primarily by Hindus. Diwali occurs on the new moon day of Kartik (a month during October and November)....

the festival of light which is celebrated all over India in the lunar month of Kārttika (October/November) and is a merger of many different traditions. It is usually associated with and the beginning of the new year, after the rainy season, when...

Diwali, or Deepawali, (also called Tihar and Swanti in Nepal) (Markiscarali) is a major Indian and Nepalese festive holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism which was refounded by Lord Mahavira in India. Many legends are...

A bomb exploded at a famous Muslim shrine in northern India on Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding 17 others ahead of one of the holiest days on the Muslim calendar, police said.The blast at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, a 12th...

Indeed, anyone who’s seen Rihanna’s color-splashed video for “Pon De Replay” - which resuscitates the Diwali riddim - would say Aaliyah’s famed instructor did a superb job with Def Jam’s debutante. But it was Rihanna’s voice, not her dancing, that dazzled the label’s buttoned-up...

With no major label or video support, the single took over play lists across the city this spring, sparking a bidding war between Arista's LA Reid and Universal's Kedar Massenburg for the unknown singer/rapper from Spanish Harlem. Now, 10 days after signing with Massenburg, Lumidee...

No singer in contemporary R&B is more left of center than Kelis. Don’t compare her to Mary or Beyoncé; Kelis is closer in spirit to baaad-ass, punk-inspired divas like Joan Jett and Nona Hendryx. Consider “Milkshake,” the whimsical debut single from Kelis’s third album, Tasty....