School Event Teaches Community About Diwali

Westborough resident Ruchi Khanna calls Diwali her "very favorite festival" of her childhood.

She and her family attended "many fairs and markets," where "we would go out shopping for gifts and special Diwali sweets," Khanna recalls.

Thursday night, Khanna shared her memories and traditions at the Armstrong Elementary School.

The school's Diversity Council hosted a program about Diwali, which, Khanna noted, is "the festival of lights."

The event featured a short narrated presentation, and food and activities associated with the festival.

The program was the Diversity Council's second of four main events planned, member Janet Hart said. Events will be held in the spring and summer, she said.

About one-third of Armstrong's student body comes from outside the United States, Hart said.

"I hope you get a sense of what the Diversity Council is all about," she said.