Diwali Night

strike a match, light the diyas, and write a wish in the sky.

one rooftop on Diwali night: strike a match, carry the flame to each diya, hang the lights, let a sky lantern go, light an anaar, then write a wish in the sky with a sparkler

Diwali falls on the new-moon night of Kartik, so there is no moon in this sky; the light is the one people make. On this rooftop nothing glows by itself: the wall, the clay diyas and the matchbox are lit only by the flames you bring to them, so the evening builds up one light at a time, from a single match to the whole city lighting up beyond the parapet.

Concepts: light, fire, wonder.

An interactive you play with one thumb, on Wundr.