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I insist on greeting my Hindu friends Happy Deepavali instead of Diwali.

Of recent years the term Diwali has slowly overtaken Deepavali.

But do you know its origins?  Deepavali is used by southern Indians like our Tamil bros, while Diwali originates from North India, like those Ramesh type.

It is insidiously creeping into our local culture. When I googled most images were Diwali.

Don’t you know they are rebranding their religion to Santana dharma from Hinduism? Country name to Bha rat from India?Ruling language to Hindi?