‘A moment of pride’: Hindus celebrating Diwali hail Rishi Sunak’s victory
by Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#652AW)
Indians react to news the UK will have its first Hindu PM and wonder how it will affect relations between the two countries
As Rishi Sunak prepares to become the UK's next prime minister at the start of the festival of Diwali - when Hindus pray to the goddess Lakshmi for prosperity and success - in India some Hindus celebrated the fact that someone sharing their religion had reached such high office in the UK.
To have a Hindu inside 10 Downing Street is something astonishing and of great joy, and that too on Diwali," said Satish Verma, a supermarket owner in Delhi. Although he is British, it will make us Hindus proud that one of us made it so big."
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