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Listen to Georgetown students Ronak Parikh, HSA vice president; Proshanti Banerjee, HSA special events coordinator; and Sohini Sircar, HSA president, talk about the meaning of this Hindu holiday. <em>Photographs by Sam Pinczuk. 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