By Aanya Kothari
Every year, Indian Club dedicates a morning meeting to celebrating Diwali with the Newark Academy community. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights and focuses on Prince Rama’s return from exile with his wife and brother. Each year, the leaders of an Indian club perform a fashion show to display beautiful traditional clothing worn during the holiday and provide a brief presentation on its significance. Nitya Gupta, the current president of the Indian club, described the event as, “A long-standing tradition that unites the Indian diaspora in our community.”
Indian fashion includes a wide variety of styles, especially womens formal wear. In this picture alone Nitya, Akriti, Navya, and Malika are wearing three differnt styles of clothing.