Click to play videoNew Delhi: Residents of the Joga Bai village in Delhi's Jamia Nagar used the festival of Diwali to spread communal amity on Wednesday.
There were notes from the Aazan and Aarati blending together in blissful coexistence. The residents of the 300-year-old village, less than a kilometer from the communally sensitive Batla chowk area, painted a picture of perfect harmony.
"We celebrate Diwali with the Hindus and they visit our place on Eid," said Haider Ali Zaidi, a local resident.
The Joga Bai village was named after a courtier in a Mughal court.
The village has its own unique way of celebrating Diwali – lots of music and some cool street dancing added to the age-old tradition of bursting firecrackers. And this is not all, as the descendents of the Mughal courtier want to spread across the country.
The festive spirit was evident in the bazaar too. While some were gorging on street food, others were finishing their last minute shopping. The markets of the area witnessed as much sales during Diwali as during Eid.
It was the festival of Diwali and the residents of Joga Bai showed a glimpse of what a new secular India would be like.
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