Diwali and Thanksgiving

Wish you a Happy Deepavali and Prosperous New Year ahead.

This Monday, 12th Oct. was a holiday for 'Thanksgiving' here in Canada. I enjoyed the holiday as any other holiday, without bothering what and why the holiday was for. One of the colleagues was talking to me in office, after the holiday, about his Thanksgiving…. he enjoyed the Thanksgiving with his family and had ‘Turkey’. Turkey is kind of ‘must’ for thanksgiving!! Also he mentioned that Thanksgiving is at the end of Harvesting season!!! OH WELL…… I suddenly realized our Diwali celebration also happens to be at the end of Harvesting season…. what a coincident!! And this year Diwali is just 5 days apart from Thanksgiving.

Last year I related Halloween with ‘Pitru-pakshya’ now is the time for Thanksgiving to Diwali. Is this just a coincident that we are related some way or other with these continents? (Since British ruled most of these continents/ countries)? Whatever it may be this coincident amazed me.

-AbhiShilpa.