Viewfinder: A Diwali Ceremony at the White House

Pacific Standard Staff
November 14, 2018
President Donald Trump lights a “diya,” or oil lamp, as Indian Ambassador to the United States Navtej Singh Sarna looks on during a Diwali ceremony at the White House on November 13th, 2018.
President Donald Trump lights a "diya," or oil lamp, as Indian Ambassador to the United States Navtej Singh Sarna looks on during a Diwali ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on November 13th, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Trump was criticized online for tweets about the ceremony that mentioned Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists but omitted Hindus, the primary celebrants of the holiday.

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