deepavali strong homecoming tradition associated usa wish celebrate festival lights families play along customs pig out homemade goodies unable go home time professional commitments allow travel back home deepavali bangalore times spoke students working professionals find one make deepavali away work dampen spiritmany students time ineffective go home due ongoing interrogation tone down spirits able celebrate deepavali year exam typesetters case last year swell light diyas rooms go dinner party might visit relatives time says tonmoyee rajkhowa ba student jyoti nivas college staying pg accomodations hostels substantially time get in concert roommates hostel mates year stuck hostel normal celebration friend still process planning for certain far make grand one says amal santhosh ba journalism student garden metropolis becharm work miss festivity family unit past four years celebrating deepavali away home since work round clock deepavali usually work morning go home evening perform puja celebrate protagonist suppose package professional bimla friends rescuebut make deepavali away home make feel home start cleaning house grace lights diyas making rangoli inviting friends plate quality time all time eventually end keeping occupied feel home sick peach like incomplete complete feeling says mahima bijlani ba student st joseph college friends best bet season celebrating away home plate relieve oneself sure call friends go celebrate deepavali spending time loved ones ok far outside home still spend time champion turned family thing would back home adds friends like crime syndicate also certain tradition may help overcome feeling homesick course miss family deepavali lot things mum try replicate celebrating festival off home plate mother always tells light candle livelihood doors open try stay home deepavali try says avinash mishra use technology seasonif away home fret still sustain touch family part solemnisation thanks technology video calling video chat family members always helps still feeling sharing love warmth make point call family relatives says bimla inputs rachel house of windsor