Celebrating Diwali With Her New CBU Family: Meet Charvi Gambhir
This Thursday, November 4, marks the beginning of Diwali, India鈥檚 biggest and most important holiday of the year. While CBU celebrated virtually last year due to COVID-19, the campus 福利免费在线看 is excited to come together for several smaller in-person celebrations this year, including a Diwali dance show, fashion show, diya decorating and Henna.聽
At CBU, we recognize the importance of taking the time to celebrate special occasions with our students, including Charvi Gambhir. Charvi is from Delhi, India, and is currently in her first year in the Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Business Management program. Charvi says the diverse student population and engaging faculty are some of the main reasons she chose CBU, with the Island鈥檚 beauty and calmness calling to her as well.聽
鈥淔or those not familiar with Diwali, it is a festival of light which focuses on embracing the light within yourself and not feeling afraid to show it,鈥� Charvi explains. 鈥淢y mom always told me that I am unique and nobody can take that away from me. That鈥檚 what Diwali is all about for me, embracing who I am and owning it.鈥澛�
One of the biggest reasons Charvi loves Diwali is the opportunity to hang out with long lost friends and family while meeting new friends as the celebrations are held. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited for Diwali celebrations in-person again because of the food, dancing, jewellery, Henna, dressing up and taking lots of pictures,鈥� says Charvi. 鈥淒iwali is such a lively festival that even if you don鈥檛 know how to dance, your feet will move to the music automatically!鈥澛�
Although last year鈥檚 celebrations looked a little different than usual, Charvi says nothing can compare to how she celebrated in 2020.
鈥淟ast year we all dressed up in our finest clothes at home since we couldn鈥檛 celebrate Diwali the way we wanted to,鈥� Charvi shares. 鈥淚nstead, we did the same rituals and decided to donate the money we would have used to buy firecrackers to a 福利免费在线看 organization that was supplying free food baskets to families that were hit hard by COVID-19.鈥澛�
For Charvi, while it鈥檚 a little emotional to be away from her family at home, she is so happy she found her new CBU family here in Canada and looks forward to celebrating Diwali with them.聽
鈥淟ife is too short and unpredictable to think twice about the decisions we make, so live your life and feel free to make mistakes,鈥� says Charvi. 鈥淟isten to your heart and live your best life when you鈥檙e here at CBU, because once you go Orange, there is no turning back!鈥澛�