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    <title>Mobissimo Blog IN - Festivals</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:30:53 GMT</pubDate>

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    <title>Greetings from Mobissimo on India's 60th Independence Day</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/277-Greetings-from-Mobissimo-on-Indias-60th-Independence-Day.html</link>
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    <author>chirayu@gmail.com (India Traveller)</author>
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&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;width: 350px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img width='350' height='368' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://blog.mobissimo.in/uploads/india_independenceday_15Aug2007.jpg' alt=''15th August 2007 - India's 60th Independence Day&quot; title=&quot;India Turns 60 Today - 15th August 2007 - 60 Years of Independence&quot; width=&quot;350&quot; height=&quot;368&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: green; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;15th August 2007&lt;br /&gt;
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Best Wishes from Mobissimo on India's 60th Independence Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title>Mobissimo Wishes You a Happy, Wonderful, and Colourful Holi</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/91-Mobissimo-Wishes-You-a-Happy,-Wonderful,-and-Colourful-Holi.html</link>
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: orange;&quot;&gt;Mobissimo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: navy;&quot;&gt;wishes you a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: green;&quot;&gt;happy&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: purple;&quot;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: magenta;&quot;&gt;colourful&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: red;&quot;&gt;HOLI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;width: 435px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img width='435' height='242' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://blog.mobissimo.in/uploads/happy_holi_4thmarch2007.jpg' alt=''Mobissimo wishes you a Happy and Colourful Holi&quot; title=&quot;Have a colourful, enjoyable, joyous, and wonderful Holi with family and friends&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: crimson;&quot;&gt;Mobissimo wishes you a Happy Holi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Greetings on the eve of Holi</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/90-Greetings-on-the-eve-of-Holi.html</link>
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    <author>chirayu@gmail.com (India Traveller)</author>
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Mobissimo wishes you a happy, sweet, colourful,  and joyous Holi. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Mobissimo ki aur se aap sab ko &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.holifestival.org/&quot; title=&quot;Read about the legends of Holi. The Festival of Colours - Holi&quot;&gt;Holi&lt;/a&gt; ki hardik shubhkaamnaaye&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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May the colours and &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;gulal&lt;/span&gt; of Holi colour your life with love, happiness, prosperity, joy, peace, and progress. Have a wonderful and enjoyable Holi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;    </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Mumbai This Week - Kala Ghoda Arts Festival From 3rd Feb to 11th Feb</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/77-Mumbai-This-Week-Kala-Ghoda-Arts-Festival-From-3rd-Feb-to-11th-Feb.html</link>
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Things to do in Mumbai this week. &lt;br /&gt;
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Enjoy various visual arts, theatre, film, music, literature, dance, heritage, and children's events as part of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival from the 3rd to the 11th of this month in Mumbai. &lt;br /&gt;
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Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/2007/&quot; title=&quot;Kala Ghoda Arts Festival from 3rd Feb to 11th Feb 2007 in Mumbai, India&quot;&gt;Web site of Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2007&lt;/a&gt; in Mumbai for a schedule of arts, heritage, culture, dance, music, film, literature, paintings, writing, and other events. &lt;br /&gt;
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Find flights and compare airfares to Mumbai (BOM) on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mobissimo.in/&quot; title=&quot;Mobissimo India airfares, hotrel, and travel search engine&quot;&gt;Mobissimo India&lt;/a&gt;. Search, find, sort, compare, and book hotel rooms and accommodation in Mumbai with &lt;a href=&quot;http://in.mobissimo.com/search_hotels.php&quot; title=&quot;Mobissimo India Hotel Search Engine&quot;&gt;Mobissimo's Hotel Search engine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:29:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Republic Day Greetings</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/71-Republic-Day-Greetings.html</link>
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&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_left&quot; style=&quot;width: 400px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img width='400' height='336' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://blog.mobissimo.in/uploads/republic_day_greetings_26thJan2007.jpg' alt=''Greetings from Mobissimo India on the occasion of India's 58th Republic Day&quot; title=&quot;Greetings from Mobissimo on the occasion of India's 58th Republic Day&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;26th January 2007&lt;br /&gt;
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Greetings from Mobissimo on the occasion of India's 58th Republic Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Greetings on Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri, and Uttarayan</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/65-Greetings-on-Makar-Sankranti,-Pongal,-Lohri,-and-Uttarayan.html</link>
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Mobissimo wishes you happiness, good fortune, success, peace, and progress on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri, Utaran, and Bhogali Bihu today. &lt;br /&gt;
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Different names but the same joy in celebrating these &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&amp;q=Makar+Sankranti+Pongal+Lohri+&amp;btnG=Search&amp;meta=&quot; title=&quot;Read more about Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri, and Bhogali Bihu - Winter festivals&quot;&gt;festivals&lt;/a&gt; all over India. &lt;br /&gt;
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Makar Sankranti in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Karnataka. &lt;br /&gt;
Pongal in Tamil Nadu. &lt;br /&gt;
Lohri in North India. &lt;br /&gt;
Bhogali Bihu in Assam. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Uttarayan&lt;/span&gt; (Utaran - Kite flying festival) in Gujarat. &lt;br /&gt;
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Image courtesy: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.123greetings.com/&quot; title=&quot;123Greetings.com for greeting cards for all festive occasions&quot;&gt;123Greetings.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;    </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Low Cost Airline Air Deccan Plans to Celebrate Makar Sankranti with a Rs. 7/- (plus taxes) Offer from 14th January 2007</title>
    <link>http://blog.mobissimo.in/archives/64-Low-Cost-Airline-Air-Deccan-Plans-to-Celebrate-Makar-Sankranti-with-a-Rs.-7-plus-taxes-Offer-from-14th-January-2007.html</link>
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Low cost airline &lt;a href=&quot;http://airdeccan.net/airdeccan/media/JAN2007/Jan_07_02.pdf&quot; title=&quot;PDF - Air Deccan plans to sell 300,000 tickets at Rs. 7/- + Taxes - Feb. and March 2007&quot;&gt;Air Deccan&lt;/a&gt; (PDF, 24KB)  plans to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&amp;bKeyFlag=IN&amp;autono=19524&quot; title=&quot;Air Deccan plans to sell 3 lakh air tickets at Rs. 7/- plus taxes for Feb and March 2007 as part of its Makar Sankranti celebrations&quot;&gt;celebrate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Makar Sankranti&lt;/span&gt; on 14th January by releasing three lakh (300,000) tickets for sale at &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Rs. 7/- (plus taxes) for travel across all sectors in February and March 2007&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bookings for these air tickets would open at 08:00am IST on Sunday, 14th January 2007. &lt;br /&gt;
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Find and book Air Deccan tickets from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mobissimo.in/&quot; title=&quot;Mobissimo India airfares and travel search engine&quot;&gt;Mobissimo India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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- Find Air Deccan flights from Mobissimo airfare search results. &lt;br /&gt;
- Choose the 'Select' link from Mobissimo airfare search results page to book tickets from the Web site of the airline/airfare ticket provider.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mobissimo wishes you a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maharashtramandalny.com/Sakrant/Sakrant.asp&quot; title=&quot;Wish you a Happy Makar Sankranti 2007&quot;&gt;happy Makar Sankranti&lt;/a&gt;. As they say in Marathi, &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;tilgul ghya aani god god bola&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Take these sesame seeds (mixed with jaggery) and speak sweet sweet words.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Related:&lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makar_Sankranti&quot; title=&quot;Read about Makar Sankranti festival&quot;&gt;Makar Sankranti&lt;/a&gt; festival &lt;br /&gt;
- &lt;a href=&quot;http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&amp;q=tilgul%20&amp;btnG=Search&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi&quot; title=&quot;Tilgul - Sesame seeds mixed with jaggery&quot;&gt;Sweets&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bawarchi.com/festivals/sankranti.html&quot; title=&quot;Makar Sankranti sweets&quot;&gt;Makar Sankranti&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;     </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Mobissimo Wishes You A Happy New Year 2007</title>
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: crimson; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Mobissimo wishes you a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2007&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: green; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Hope year 2007 is filled with joy, hope, peace, happiness, love, opportunities, and adventures for all of you.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: navy;&quot;&gt;For last year's words belong to last year's language&lt;br /&gt;
And next year's words await another voice.&lt;br /&gt;
And to make an end is to make a beginning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
~ T.S. Eliot&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: purple;&quot;&gt;Ring out the old, ring in the new,&lt;br /&gt;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;&lt;br /&gt;
The year is going, let him go;&lt;br /&gt;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: teal;&quot;&gt;Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,&lt;br /&gt;
With never a thought of sorrow;&lt;br /&gt;
The old goes out, but the glad young year&lt;br /&gt;
Comes merrily in tomorrow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
~ Emily Miller&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: crimson; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Wish you a Happy New Year&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_left&quot; style=&quot;width: 580px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img width='580' height='435' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://blog.mobissimo.in/uploads/mobissimo_happynewyear_2007_mumbaisunrise.jpg' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: maroon;&quot;&gt;We will open a book. Its pages are blank. &lt;br /&gt;
We are going to put words on them ourselves. &lt;br /&gt;
The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.&lt;br /&gt;
Happy New Year.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;width: 425px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img width='425' height='152' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://blog.mobissimo.in/uploads/Mobissimo_Merry_Christmas_2006.jpg' alt=''Mobissimo wishes you a Merry Christmas&quot; title=&quot;Mobissimo wishes you a Merry Christmas&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: crimson; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;    </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Eid Mubarak</title>
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&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Mobissimo wishes its readers a happy and joyous &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Eid&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-family: verdana; color: green; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Eid Mubarak&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Image from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.123greetings.com/events/eid_ul_fitr/&quot; title=&quot;Eid Mubarak - Send Eid Greetings from 123Greetings.com&quot;&gt;123Greetings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;    </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title>The Different Faces of Diwali</title>
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Diwali means bright lights, colourful lamps, kaleidoscopic &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;akashkandils&lt;/span&gt; (lanterns) lining balconies of most houses, rows of colourful &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;diyas&lt;/span&gt; (earthen lamps) burning bright on balcony and window sills, the colours of  &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;rangoli&lt;/span&gt; (design patterns with finely ground white powder and bright colours) outside homes and &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Shubh Labh&lt;/span&gt; (auspicious profit) stickers on doors, lots of sweets; boxes of &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;mixed mithai&lt;/span&gt; (assorted sweets), variety of &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;farsaan&lt;/span&gt; (salted snacks), the ubiquitous gifts; online, offline, and SMS greetings; shopping spree from clothes, electronic items, cars, and more to gold and diamonds; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Laxmi Pooja&lt;/span&gt; at home, in shops, and at work; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Muhurat&lt;/span&gt; (auspicious time) trading for stockbrokers, and the ubiquitous firecrackers in their numerous formsrockets swishing through the night skies, colourful &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;phuljadis&lt;/span&gt; (sparklers), long and noisy &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;looms&lt;/span&gt; that go rat-a-tat &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;tad-thad-tad-thad&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;anars&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;zameen chakkars&lt;/span&gt; spreading joy with a basket of red, yellow, green, orange, and pink colours; and those all-in-one firecrackers that brighten the night sky with a bloom of rainbow colours. &lt;br /&gt;
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Festivals are fun with family, relatives, and friends to celebrate with. The more the merrier.  &lt;br /&gt;
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What does &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Diwali&lt;/span&gt; mean to you? What are you doing this &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Diwali&lt;/span&gt;? Have you taken off for a 5-day vacation to Goa, Udaipur, or Pondicherry; or are you enjoying the &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;dhamaal&lt;/span&gt; (hustle and bustle) of &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Diwali&lt;/span&gt; at home with family and friends? Share your experiences. Tell us about your &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Diwali&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Enjoy your vacation and search for your return flight on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mobissimo.in/&quot; title=&quot;Search airfares on Mobissimo India&quot;&gt;Mobissimo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    <title>Happy Diwali</title>
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; color: crimson; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Mobissimo wishes its readers a Happy and Prosperous Diwali.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;width: 400px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; bordercolor=&quot;#ffffff&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; src=&quot;http://blog.mobissimo.in/uploads/happy_diwali_2006.JPG&quot; alt=''Wish you a Happy Diwali&quot; title=&quot;Wish you a Happy Diwali&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;Lead us from the unreal to real, from fallacy to truth, and from darkness to light. Hope you all have a fabulous Diwali.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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May this Diwali brighten your world with warmth, love, happiness, peace, progress, and prosperity. May the sparkle and shine of Diwali carry on for the rest of the year and may each day of the coming new year be as bright, shiny, colourful, glistening, and beautiful as Diwali.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's wishing you all a Diwali that's filled with sparkling colours, bright lights, delicious sweets, lots of fireworks, and the joyful company of family, friends, and relatives. Hope you all have a wonderful &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bawarchi.com/festivals/diwali1.html&quot; title=&quot;Read more about Diwali, the festival of lights&quot;&gt;Diwali&lt;/a&gt;.   &lt;br /&gt;
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Image courtesy: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.123greetings.com/events/diwali/wishes/?pos=hpmain_5&quot; title=&quot;Diwali Greeting Cards on 123Greetings.com&quot;&gt;123Greetings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxwillow&quot; title=&quot;View Helen Jr (foxwillow's) photostream on Flickr&quot;&gt;foxwillow&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;     </content:encoded>
    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
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