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November 6, 2026
Hello AACP Newsletter Blog Readers.
Happy Diwali!
Diwali is a major festival celebrated in mainly South Asia, but is also celebrated wherever those that celebrate the festival have migrated to.
It is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists. The festival lasts for five or six days and straddles the beginning of a new moon (beginning roughly two days before the new moon and ending roughly two days after). The festival is associated with the spiritual triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. November 6, 2026, marks the beginning of the festival for this year.
Whether your candidates and issues won or lost in this most recent election, the real winner is our democratic system. Whenever, we can have a free and fair election without having to resort to physical violence, our system is successful. Let’s hope that that our democratic system continues to perform well and that our differences never divide us to the point where we take up arms against one another. Perhaps in that spirit, light has been victorious over the darkness.
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Take care, and enjoy the holidays and time of the year!
Leonard Chan
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