from childhood memories of bursting crackers to lighting up the studios with diyas television celebrities open up about their most memorable celebration of the festival of lightsdivyanka tripathi my favourite diwali memories are the ones that we celebrated at baaujis placemy entire extended family was based in bhopal till all of us moved out for work in different directions so my favourite diwali memories are from those times when we used to get together at our baaujis grandfather place where he performed extensive puja rituals the ladies of the house would make and put together delectable specialties on the huge family dinner table while the men got fireworks which we strictly say no to now and kids just concentrated on bursting them we would also queue up in front of baaujis temple to collect prasad and some pocket money we cousins and siblings still celebrate the day with our friends and respective spouses but im sure our hearts still long for the diwali celebrations we had then meera deosthale i cannot forget the year my brother and i gave our parents a surprise on diwalimy favourite diwali memory would be the year when my brother and i surprised our parents by visiting them at our hometown vadodara we reached a day before diwali and my parents were so excited to see us the happiness on their faces was priceless i helped my mother make snacks and cook some yummy festive food i painted some diyas which i placed in the house and lit them on the day of diwali i also had such an amazing time with my cousins who came home on learning that we were home for the festival we played cards all night long after diwali pujavivian dsena diwali is one festival when i binge on sweets without bothering about my caloriesmy most memorable diwali are the ones that i celebrated at my hometown ujjain the usp of the festival is the coming together of families which would take place in my house as kids we would burst crackers however we stopped doing that once we realised that it is harmful for everyone diwali is also one festival when i binge on sweets from gujiya to kaju katli without caring two hoots about the calories i have piled on this year it will be a quiet diwali due to the pandemicdonal bisht the year i bought silverware and puja essentials for diwali with my first pay cheque is etched foreverduring one of the diwalis i bought some silverware a plate and puja essentials this was a special moment for me as i bought these things with my first pay cheque another special memory is from my childhood when my father bought me a pair of payal on diwali as girls are considered to be goddess lakshmi in india diwali is family time for me and i ensure to celebrate the festival only with them nyra banerjee i made a diya rangoli four years ago i