"This coming Saturday, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, here in America and around the world, will celebrate this holiday by lighting diyas, or lamps, which symbolise the victory of light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance," said Obama at a ceremony in the East Room.
Seen in the image is President Obama bows with Hindu Priest Sri Narayanachar Digalakote in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, after lighting an oil lamp in observation of Diwali.
At least this is a welcome change and needs to be appreciated. The white house has understood the importance of the Indians and has paid respect for the Hindus and one of the biggest festival in the world. Let Dr. Manmohan Singh emulate the example shown by Obama.
Happy Diwali wishes to one and all.
Obama apart from being a President is a beautiful soul. May the Almighty give him strength in successfully legislating and correcting the myth followed by American business that in the pretext of freedom they can do whatever they want to be it ethical or unethical. May he be blessed to invoke Universal Medicare allowing the general public and the poor enjoy equal care. May he invoke policies where in the public monies and savings not dipped into for Bank Service charges by the banks as it is crime to do so. Eroding the foundation of banks is equivalent to dipping into public monies for service charges. If the Public learn how the monies in their accounts multiply at the banks what will happen then?
May the world see a lovely America being transformed into ethical in its policies toward its own people first then the world. Dirty Lawyers who take cashmonies and who cannot be challenged and dirty business which indulges wastefully in cheating the public and wasting monies in agrandising the bosses with unethical sums of monies thus plundering America be subdued by his policies, with a firm statement that Money belongs to the Almighty and it has to be respected used sparingly and no one should be allowed to bloat in monies, only the required given the status. Further let his policies put in the human values for the Doctors who would serve the people than steal from the people and build huge mansions of no importance, living humbly and serving sincerely for which they were given the profession of healing - Doctor.
Lovely America should lead the world in humanitarian ways where the ordinary is not ignored and the rich kept under control from plundering their own land due unethical policies of deceit and envy.
A VERY HAPPY DIPAWALI TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.