Today is Diwali, the biggest Hindu holiday around the world. It is also celebrated by Jains and Sikhs. It is the Festival of Lights and is celebrated with the lighting of lamps, as well as, of course, prayers and eating a lot of sweets. Each faith has a different origin story for this holiday, but …
On my way into work one evening, I was waiting to cross the street over towards my hospital and I was standing next to a tan-skinned middle-aged stranger with a beard. He looked to me and apparently noticed I was also a tan-skinned bearded man. "As-salaam alaikum," he said to me with some hesitation in …
