It’s the festival of Dussehra and I’ve just watched an effigy of Ravana going up in flames in the park in front of my Golf Links flat in New Delhi – here are some pictures.
This is the start of a festive season that leads on to Diwali, the festival of lights, which this year is on October 30.
Tonight, there have been fireworks displays, ending with a ceremonial burning of effigies celebrating 
Ravana’s defeat by King Rama.
Ravana was a rival king, who had abducted Rama’s wife Sita to what is now Sri Lanka – signifying victory over hubris and ego, as I explained in a post a few years ago for some foreign visitors to Delhi when this blog appeared on the Fortune magazine website.
Riding the Elephant 
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