My early memories from Diwali would be our traditional celebrations at home in Lucknow. During our times, electric lights had not become the trend and our foremost memory of the festival would be lighting diyas. Everything was all about making the diyas ourselves, so we got our diyas, soaked them all in water and dried them in the sun before lighting them. We also used to have earthen lanterns. As we had a three-storeyed house, we required a lot of diyas and candles and we used to order those. I don't know how many of them were ordered to light up the whole house. Along with other family members, I used to go physically to light each and every lamp on the terrace and every corner of the house used to be lit up. I used to love fuljhadi and it was my absolute favourite. I still remember that early morning after Diwali, we used to go to collect all the wax from the railing and see what different shapes it had made through the night. So, these are my early and fond memories of Diwali.